have a try
idiom
: to make an attempt : to try
"I can't open this jar." "Let me have a try (at it)."
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If it, too, is blocked, the one after that can have a try.
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IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2020
Or resign and let someone else have a try.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 9 July 2020
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IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2020
Or resign and let someone else have a try.
—Kyle Whitmire, al, 9 July 2020
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