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