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
"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
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)
"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
