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college try

noun as in all-out effort

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Maybe time had to work its magic to find a place where the baby face ended and the smolder began; they could not exist as one, though he certainly gave it the college try.

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When supervisors at her college try to comfort Agnes, their solace is hollow.

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Newcomer Brandon Routh gave rebooting the hero the old college try in 2006’s “Superman Returns,” but the romance-forward nature of the film ironically left audiences cold.

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It’s hard even to keep up with the death toll in the Palestinian territories, but you can certainly give it a college try.

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Given one more college try, Kelly will get another chance to live up to his championship pledge.

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