take a fling
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In 1933, with his factory grown to ten employees in bigger quarters adjoining the drugstore, Joyce decided to take a fling at playshoes.
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The Japanese generals and admirals might even decide to by-pass Singapore for the time being, to take a fling directly at the Indies.
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As an actor in church plays, he had been bitten by the theatrical bug, longed to take a fling at more serious acting.
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He was on the way back from St. Chamond a few days later when a messenger clambered into his compartment at Dijon with President Auriol's invitation to take a fling at forming a government.
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Then, incidentally, the managing editors would take a fling at me personally, and I would receive a polite telegram of protest but to no avail.
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