make a stab
Example Sentences
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It’s not feasible for everyone to fix their own wounds from childhood before becoming a parent, but I encourage you to make a stab at it, if at all possible.
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2020
In the meantime, however, allow me to make a stab at offering the most preliminary of answers.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2020
Or at least make a stab at it?
From Washington Times • Oct. 1, 2019
Deeply in debt to back taxes, she reluctantly agrees to leave the country for England, where she can make a stab at refilling the coffers.
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2019
Why, there are several ways to make a stab at it, anyway," Sively said; "and that is better than wiping your feet on a gentle creature and then going off and smoking a gas-pipe.
From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)
