make a run at

make a run at something

to try to achieve something I never thought I'd win the prize, but I'm happy I got to make a run at it.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Makeda	-	History
Smart	[smɑ:t]
Yan (1)	-	Belarusian
Gyatso	-	Tibetan
Lara (1)	LAHR-ə (English), LAH-rah (German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)	Russian, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian
Catalina	kah-tah-LEE-nah	Spanish