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| Main Entry: |
best shot
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | all-out try |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, best effort, best one can do, maximum effort, one's all, one's damndest, optimum effort |
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | aim, all*, best shot, crash project, dry run, effort, enterprise, essay, exertion, fling, full blast, full court press, full steam, go, header, labor, lick*, old college try, one's all, one's level best, push, shot*, stab*, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, try, try-on, undertaking, venture, whack, whirl*, work |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, best shot, bid, crack*, dab, effort, endeavor, essay, fling*, go*, jab, pop*, shot*, slap, stab*, striving, struggle, trial, undertaking, whack, whirl* |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | abstention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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