单词 | to have a crack |
释义 | > as lemmasto have (or take or give) a crack d. In phr.: to have (or take or give) a crack, to make an attempt, or trial; to ‘have a shot’ or ‘go’. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] fanda1225 procurea1325 assay1370 workc1384 to put oneself in pressc1390 purchasec1400 buskc1450 study1483 fend15.. try1534 enterprise1547 to make an attempt?c1550 to give the venture1589 prove1612 nixuriate1623 to lay out1659 essay1715 to bring (also carry, drive, etc.) one's pigs to market1771 to have (or take or give) a crack1836 to make an out1843 to go to market1870 to give it a burl1917 to have a bash (at)1950 1836 Hill's Yankee Story Teller's Own Bk. (Weingarten). 1885 C. M. Yonge Two Sides of Shield II. i. 2 Uncle Regie, will you have a crack at the rabbits to-morrow? 1918 H. C. Witwer From Baseball to Boches iv. 164 The medico says I'll be all right..to take another crack at them Germans. 1922 E. Wallace Flying Fifty-five xxxix. 236 I'd take a crack at some of them with Fifty and even with Meyrick, who is a smashing good horse. 1939 ‘N. Shute’ What happened to Corbetts? iv. 110 I'll have a crack at going on board. 1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board vii. 168 He said they wanted me, so I said I'd give it a crack. 1955 M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber viii. 146 Are you having a crack at the Slav Route? 1959 M. Hastings Hour-glass to Eternity ii. i. 148 We'd like to have a crack at climbing the peak. 1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross vii. 131 I'm going to give Bergman a crack at that job. 1966 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 2 Jan. 11/5 He returned to Australia determined to take another crack at the land. < as lemmas |
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