take a fling
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They had left Madison, where he had been an appliance salesman, less than four years ago, going $380,000 into debt to take a fling at farming with hogs, cattle and corn.
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
He went on to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, interrupted his studies to work for Herbert Hoover's relief commission in Belgium, to go to India, take a fling in General Smuts's East African Army.
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
“Well, when I get a little stronger, maybe I’ll take a fling at it,” said Larry.
From The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room by Chapman, Allen
