have a whack at
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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
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Come along, I say, Professor, an' let's have a whack at them piles o' gold.
From The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
I would have a whack at the place by day.
From The Harbor by Ernest Poole
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 Jack London
Let me have a whack at it with this branch.
From Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm by Mabel C. Hawley
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