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give it a try
  1. v. try; "let's give it a whirl!" [syn: give it a whirl]

  2. make an attempt at something; "I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go" [syn: have a go]

Usage examples of "give it a try".

It was fresh and carried the scent of the low-growing bushes - from which aromatic oil could be extracted if the colonists cared to give it a try - that covered much of the land.

The possibility that he would look at the research facility and see a way in was more than a little remote, but he would give it a try.