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
&Thorn;ÓRsteinn	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Rute	-	Portuguese
Ayane	ah-yah-ne	Japanese
Adele	AH-de-lə (German), ə-DEL (English), AH-de-le (Finnish)	German, English, Italian, Finnish
Saxon	SAK-sən	English (Rare)
Rayner	RAY-nər	English (Archaic)