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
Inkar	-	Kazakh
PlÁCido	PLAH-thee-dho (Spanish), PLAH-see-dho (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Ikaika	-	Hawaiian
Zeno	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized), Italian
Roi (1)	-	Galician
Hob	-	Medieval English