Idiom
kick at the can
Meaning
An attempt or an opportunity.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I want one more kick at the can to pass the test.”
“The project failed last year, but the manager gave the team another kick at the can.”
“Despite his previous failures, he requested one final kick at the can to prove his theory before the committee closed the project permanently.”
Examples
simple
“I want one more kick at the can to pass the test.”
contextual
“The project failed last year, but the manager gave the team another kick at the can.”
complex
“Despite his previous failures, he requested one final kick at the can to prove his theory before the committee closed the project permanently.”
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