take a fling
Example Sentences
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Most professional money managers, Merrill Lynch's included, have been sensibly enough urging investors anxious to take a fling in the market to put their money into stocks of blue-chip companies.
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
In 1933, with his factory grown to ten employees in bigger quarters adjoining the drugstore, Joyce decided to take a fling at playshoes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Says he: "I thought I'd take a fling at it."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ef I was a young man, I'd take a fling at this thing," said Landy soberly.
From David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story by Harney, George S.
