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college try
noun as in all-out effort
Example Sentences
It’s hard even to keep up with the death toll in the Palestinian territories, but you can certainly give it a college try.
Given one more college try, Kelly will get another chance to live up to his championship pledge.
“Garvey adds an element of cheer, if you will. At least his candidacy will add some fun for Republicans. I think most people understand he doesn’t have a chance to win. But he will give it the old college try and definitely make it a more interesting race.”
“I don’t know where it switched or at what point in time, but DOJ had an opinion that they weren’t going to get cooperation out of the attorney, which I still think you have to give it the college try because that — to me it’s about the narrative,” he said.
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo recently gave it the old college try, explaining both one of the conspiracy theories and why it's not true.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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