have a whack (at something)

To have a chance to try (doing something); to attempt to do or undertake (something). I can't get the lid off this jar for the life of me. Do you want to have a whack? I'm going to have a whack at doing my own taxes this year, to save on the cost of hiring an accountant. Let me have a whack at getting the car started.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maaike	-	Dutch
Ashoka	-	Sanskrit
Marquis	mahr-KEE	African American
Mahir	-	Arabic
CuauhtÉMoc	-	Native American, Nahuatl
Clio	KLEE-o (Italian)	Greek Mythology (Latinized), Italian