take a fling
Example Sentences
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Later on, she let it be known that in a forthcoming movie she would take a fling at the role of Ophelia, in a strictly jive version of Hamlet.
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By 1927 he had decided to take a fling at the U.S.
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He was on the way back from St. Chamond a few days later when a messenger clambered into his compartment at Dijon with President Auriol's invitation to take a fling at forming a government.
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Most professional money managers, Merrill Lynch's included, have been sensibly enough urging investors anxious to take a fling in the market to put their money into stocks of blue-chip companies.
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Bully boy! now you’re going to take a fling, and here’s wishing you the greatest of luck!”
From The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France by Marlow, Ralph
