have a fling

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This surprising state of affairs had its beginning last spring when the staid Globe-Democrat decided to have a fling at big-time circulation promotion.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has found time to tour Sweden, visit his father in Moscow, have a fling at Hollywood, build the sets for the London production of Waltzes from Vienna.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 28, she packed up her two daughters and took off for London, there to try the flamboyant high-and-low life her heroines always have a fling at.

From Time Magazine Archive

I will have a fling at it a couple of weeks anyhow.

From Green Fancy by McCutcheon, George Barr

Don't put on these airs, Zelda," said one of the ruffians, "let the little girl have a fling too.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo by Lermina, Jules