have a whack
Example Sentences
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Joe said, “Hey, man, that’s a pretty nice-sounding guitar, lemme have a whack at it.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
"You fetch home reports like that, and you'n me will have a whack at Old Yellowfoot sure after we're done with the grouse."
From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
And Tony, we’ll get Doctor Field to let us have a whack at the transmitter and you can talk to your friend, or telegraph your dad and have him come up and radiophone Marconi.
From Radio Boys Loyalty Bill Brown Listens In by Whipple, Wayne
“Yes, let ‘Sister’ Davis have a whack at it too,” urged George Bland.
From Baseball Joe on the School Nine or, Pitching for the Blue Banner by Chadwick, Lester
I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat-pie myself.
From The Road by London, Jack
