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*try at someone and *shot at someone; *crack at someone; *go at someone *stab at someone

an attempt to convince someone of something; an attempt to try to get information out of someone; an attempt to try to train someone to do something. (The expressions with shot and crack are more informal than the main entry phrase. (*Typically: take ~; have ~; give someone ~.) Let me have a crack at him. I can make him talk. Let the new teacher have a try at Billy. She can do marvels with unwilling learners. Give me a crack at him. I know how to make these bums talk.

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It can be done from almost any angle, but is usually a straight on shot at the basket. 4 Good Shots in Basketball by Jim Roberts / Sports and fitness community Using a compressed gas-powered gun or known to paintball enthusiasts as a marker, these paint-filled balls are shot at opponents at an estimated velocity of 300 feet per second, as per safety standards. Recreational Shooting by Mary Lorainne / Computers and Internet community You shoot only a single shot at any target, and you vary the distance from shot to shot, just as happens when shooting at animals -- one shot at an unknown distance. Practice by Asbell, G. Fred / Bowhunter			shoot the breeze shoot the bull shoot the cat shoot the messenger shoot the works shoot to hell shoot up shoot wad shooter shop shop around shopping list shore up short short and sweet short end of the stick short for short of short on short on one end Short reckonings make long friends short shrift short with short-change shot shot at shot full of holes shot in the arm shot in the dark shot through with shotgun shotgun wedding should should have stood in bed shoulder shoulder to shoulder shouldn't shouldn't happen to a dog shout shout about shout down shout from the rooftops shove shove around shove down throat Shove up your arse! shove way show show a clean pair of heels Show a leg! show and tell			Shoshonis shoshonite Shosse Shostakovich Shostakovich Shostakovich, Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitri (Dmitrievich) Shostakovich, Dmitri (Dmitrievich) Shostakovich, Dmitrii Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Dmitry Shostakovitch Shostakovskii, Mikhail Shostakovskii, Mikhail Fedorovich Shostka Shostring tie shot shot shot shot shot shot Shot (unit) shot a line shot a line shot a line shot a line Shot across the bow Shot Across the Bow Productions shot at Shot belt shot bit shot blasting Shot Blocked shot boring shot break Shot Brot Shot bush shot capacity Shot cartridge shot clock shot copper shot cuffs shot cuffs shot cuffs shot cuffs Shot Dead in Vegas shot depth shot down shot down shot down shot down shot drill Shot Drilling shot effect shot elevation Shot Exploder shot feed shot from the hip shot from the hip

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