B1idiominformalsuccessIELTS-friendly
give it a shot
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to try doing something, even if you are not sure you will succeed
Informal. 'Give it a try' and 'give it a go' mean the same.
In context
I've never tried rock climbing, but I'll give it a shot this weekend.
The job sounds difficult, but why not give it a shot?
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a long shotan attempt or guess that has very little chance of success
- a Pyrrhic victorya win that costs so much that it is hardly worth winning
- against all oddsalthough success seemed very unlikely
- back to square oneback at the start, because an earlier attempt has failed