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try one's handTo attempt a skill, craft, or trade.Rate it:

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try one's luckTo make a risky attempt.Rate it:

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try to get on first!An encouraging expression to others to attempt a seemingly impossible task. The leader asks the crew to give it their best and try the "baseball theme".Rate it:

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vouloir prendre la lune avec les dentsTo attempt impossibilities.Rate it:

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vouloir rompre l'anguille au genouTo attempt an impossibility.Rate it:

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war of nervesWarfare or other physical conflict in which one or more combatting parties use especially demoralizing and frightening tactics to attempt to unnerve their opponents.Rate it:

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war of nervesA situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.Rate it:

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whistle in the windTo attempt something that is futile; to say something that is not heeded.Rate it:

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whistle past the graveyardTo attempt to stay cheerful in a dire situation; To proceed with a task, ignoring an upcoming hazard, hoping for a good outcome.Rate it:

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wrestling with a pigTo engage in a pointless task that leaves one worse off for having made an honest attempt.Rate it:

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you know what I meana phrase used to attempt to get the interlocutor to agreeRate it:

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