take a crack at something



take a crack at something

and have a crack at something
tv. to take a try at something. She had a crack at food preparation, but that wasn’t for her. Let me have a crack at changing the tire.
See also: crack, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chihirochee-hee-ṙoJapanese
CandiKAN-deeEnglish
Vladilen-Russian
Caj-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Iared-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Elizai-LIE-zə (English), e-LEE-zah (Polish)English, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian)