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
“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
Let me have a whack at it with this branch.
From Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm by Hawley, Mabel C.
"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)
No tellin' whether you kin do a thing, or not, till you have a whack at it.
From Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods by Emerson, Alice B.
