best shot
see give it one's best shot.
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How to use best shot in a sentence
It is your best shot at nipping any future wedding invites (and accompanying airfare to Missouri) in the bud.
The First-World Anarchist’s Guide to Weddings | Kelly Williams Brown | May 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI can take my best shot and take it under the best conditions.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI take my best shot at it, based on all the available evidence.
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Live In: Kevin Baker’s New York | Allen Barra | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWe do believe Reign majorly appeals to women and we wanted to give that show the best shot of women coming to find it.
You know what, this may be my best shot at the Nobel Peace Prize!
The Funniest WHCD Speech Bill Clinton Never Delivered | Mark Katz | April 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
That hollow is a very likely place for one of them to run along, therefore the best shot among you had better go up there.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneThe miller was glad that a rifleman from his own canton should prove the best shot, and should have won universal applause.
Rudy and Babette | Hans Christian AndersenFirst of all, he had to learn how to shoot; and his father, who was the best shot in the valley, was very willing to teach him.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen"Peter is the best shot in Ballinasloe," rejoined Mrs. Kennyfeck, sententiously.
Roland Cashel | Charles James LeverThats the best shot that ever was fired, whispered Napoleon.
The White Rose of Memphis | William C. Falkner
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