have-a-go
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The military, police, a local zipline entrepreneur and a have-a-go hero are all involved in the pulse-racing rescue.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Has the era of the "have-a-go" podcasters come to an end?
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2023
Britain may not be as synonymous with have-a-go investors as the United States, but it's growing a more lively retail investor community.
From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2021
Dallaglio – inspired, he says, by Clive Woodward's "have-a-go philosophy" – infamously chose to kick a penalty to touch rather than go for the three points, when England were six points clear.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2013
It helped that the opposition was Blackpool, the shoestring upstart that refuses to engage in anything other than a have-a-go mentality.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2011
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