have a whack at
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Domantas Sabonis, the other acquisition, is the progeny of Hall of Famer Arvydas and he passes like it — a son presuming he owns his own father’s double-aged strength before dad lets him have a whack at the circular saw.
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Joe said, “Hey, man, that’s a pretty nice-sounding guitar, lemme have a whack at it.”
From Literature
“Yes, let ‘Sister’ Davis have a whack at it too,” urged George Bland.
From Project Gutenberg
However, several people had been saying that Stigler had got me "on the run," so I decided it was up to me to have a whack at him.
From Project Gutenberg
"You fetch home reports like that, and you'n me will have a whack at Old Yellowfoot sure after we're done with the grouse."
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