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Idiom

give something a try

Meaning

To try or attempt something.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I am not sure about this game, but I will give it a try.”

“Since the restaurant had such great reviews, we decided to give their famous spicy soup a try.”

“Although he had never painted before, he felt inspired to give the artistic process a try, hoping to capture the landscape on canvas.”

Examples

simple

“I am not sure about this game, but I will give it a try.”

contextual

“Since the restaurant had such great reviews, we decided to give their famous spicy soup a try.”

complex

“Although he had never painted before, he felt inspired to give the artistic process a try, hoping to capture the landscape on canvas.”

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