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
"The Austrians will have a whack at us before that," said Hal positively.
From The Boy Allies in Great Peril Or, With the Italian Army in the Alps by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
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
"I say, Thompson, did you see how he stuck on letting you have a whack at it?"
From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
Come along, I say, Professor, an' let's have a whack at them piles o' gold.
From The Aztec Treasure-House by Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone)
