have a whack
Example Sentences
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Joe said, “Hey, man, that’s a pretty nice-sounding guitar, lemme have a whack at it.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Hal, my boy, we're simply going to shove ourselves into jobs in that boatyard, and we're going to have a whack at the whole game of building and fitting out a submarine torpedo boat.
From The Submarine Boys on Duty Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat by Durham, Victor G.
"Just you let me have a whack at 'em!"
From Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun by Hawley, Mabel C.
I glanced at his meek-faced wife, and knew that but for the presence of this Cerberus I'd have a whack at that meat-pie myself.
From The Road by London, Jack
"The Austrians will have a whack at us before that," said Hal positively.
From The Boy Allies in Great Peril Or, With the Italian Army in the Alps by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
