stab at (doing) something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstab at (doing) somethingstab at (doing) somethinginformalTRY TO DO OR GET something an attempt to do something, often not successfullyhave/make/take a stab at (doing) something I’ll have one more stab at it. → stabExamples from the Corpusstab at (doing) something• I knew the day and the month and made a stab at the year.• There have been several other attempts with the Department of Defense that took a stab at a new vehicle.• Of course, she thought with a stab at realism, all this could apply to anyone.• But this last little stab at optimism soon comes to naught.• But there was an interesting sequel, which gave him his first, insightful, small stab at directing.

单词	stab at (doing) something
释义	stab at (doing) something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstab at (doing) somethingstab at (doing) somethinginformalTRY TO DO OR GET something an attempt to do something, often not successfullyhave/make/take a stab at (doing) something I’ll have one more stab at it. → stabExamples from the Corpusstab at (doing) something• I knew the day and the month and made a stab at the year.• There have been several other attempts with the Department of Defense that took a stab at a new vehicle.• Of course, she thought with a stab at realism, all this could apply to anyone.• But this last little stab at optimism soon comes to naught.• But there was an interesting sequel, which gave him his first, insightful, small stab at directing.
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