take a fling

Example Sentences

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By 1927 he had decided to take a fling at the U.S.

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Says he: "I thought I'd take a fling at it."

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Then, at 30, bored with the "non-Aristotelian inevitability of August doubleheaders," he decided to take a fling at acting.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Japanese generals and admirals might even decide to by-pass Singapore for the time being, to take a fling directly at the Indies.

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"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