give it the old college try
idiom
US, old-fashioned
: to use one's very best effort : to try very hard
We can win this game if we give it the old college try!
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Way to give it the old college try for your boy, Josh.
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Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
At least Congress can give it the old college try.
—Andrew Zimbalist, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
But he was hired to give it the old college try — one more time, at least.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2021
Still, the State University System’s Board of Governors is obliged to give it the old college try.
—Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
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Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
At least Congress can give it the old college try.
—Andrew Zimbalist, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
But he was hired to give it the old college try — one more time, at least.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2021
Still, the State University System’s Board of Governors is obliged to give it the old college try.
—Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
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