give something a shot

English

Verb

give something a shot (third-person singular simple present gives something a shot, present participle giving something a shot, simple past gave something a shot, past participle given something a shot)

  1. Try or attempt (something); to give something a try.
    I don’t think it will work, but I suppose you could give restarting the computer a shot.
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