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
Winslow	['winzləu]
Gunnar	GOON-nahr (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Norse Mythology
Almira (1)	awl-MIR-ə	Literature
Renata	re-NAH-tah (Italian, Spanish, German, Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Slovene, Late Roman
Jovita	ho-VEE-tah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Akoni	-	Hawaiian