take/make a stab at

idiom

: to try (doing something)
She took/made a stab at solving the problem.

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Driving the news: The Valks will take a stab at their first-ever roster on Friday during the WNBA expansion draft, when Golden State can select up to one player from each existing team in the league. Everett Cook, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024 Buy that dream house: See the best mortgage lenders Welcome to r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer, a little corner of the internet offering community, education, and a place to vent – nicely – for people still trying to make a stab at the American Dream in one of the toughest housing markets in recent history. Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024 The gentle-hearted Miriam’s (a luminous Bisserat Tseggai) heart-rending story about breaking away from a louse of a husband, having to leave her little girl behind to make a stab at a new life, cuts to the bone. Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024 While plenty of designers take a stab at the trend, Berry (and stylist Lindsay Flores) turned to the masters themselves—lingerie titans La Perla. Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for take/make a stab at 

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“Take/make a stab at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%2Fmake%20a%20stab%20at. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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