give it one's best shot

Make one's hardest or most enthusiastic attempt, as in I don't know if I can do it, but I'll give it my best shot. This expression employs shot in the sense of "attempt," a usage dating from the mid-1700s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Muhamed	-	Bosnian
Hernando	er-NAHN-do	Spanish
Arisztid	-	Hungarian
Oyibo	-	Western African, Urhobo
Eason	[isən]
Liliana	lee-LYAH-nah (Italian, Polish), lil-ee-AN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English