Speakur

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give it one's best shot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English

Syllables
give it one's best shot
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

gives it one's best shot (present, singular) giving it one's best shot (participle, present) gave it one's best shot (past) given it one's best shot (participle, past) take one's best shot (alternative)

Synonyms

give it the old college try give one's all go all out pull out all the stops do one's utmost leave it all on the field empty the tank

Questions

What does give it one's best shot mean?
To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible.

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