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college try
noun as in all-out effort
Example Sentences
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.
When supervisors at her college try to comfort Agnes, their solace is hollow.
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.
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.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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