take a fling
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By 1927 he had decided to take a fling at the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
As an actor in church plays, he had been bitten by the theatrical bug, longed to take a fling at more serious acting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then, at 30, bored with the "non-Aristotelian inevitability of August doubleheaders," he decided to take a fling at acting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now 70 and living in Southern California, Dame Judith Anderson has decided to take a fling at a slightly different role.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But I will just take a fling at it anyway."
From Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail by Connor, Ralph
