Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take one's best shot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
take one's best shot
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of give it one's best shot.

Inflected Forms

takes one's best shot (present, singular) taking one's best shot (participle, present) took one's best shot (past) taken one's best shot (participle, past)

Questions

What does take one's best shot mean?
Alternative form of give it one's best shot.

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