make a run at (something)

To attempt to do, achieve, or accomplish something. I'd like to make a run at writing a children's book someday. The acquisition of the star player in the offseason proves that they're trying to make a run at a championship.

See also: make, run

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make a pitch for (something)
make a pitch for somebody/something
make a play
make a play for
make a play for (someone or something)
make a play for somebody/something
make a play for someone
make a play for something
make a point
make a point of
make a point of (doing something)
make a point of doing
make a point of doing something
make a poor fist of (something)
make a practice of
make a practice of (doing something)
make a present of (something)
make a present of something
make a production (out) of (something)
make a production of
make a production of something
make a quick buck
make a reservation
make a rod for (one's) own back
make a rod for your own back
make a run at (something)
make a run for (someone or something)
make a run for it
make a scene
make a score
make a secret of
make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
make a song and dance about (something)
make a song and dance about something
make a spectacle of (oneself)
make a spectacle of yourself
make a splash
make a spoon or spoil a horn
make a stab at
make a stab at (something)
make a stand
make a start on
make a statement
make a stink
make a stink (about something)
make a stink about someone/something
make a thing of
make a thing of/out of something
make a Virginia fence
make a virtue of necessity
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Make A Radical Stand
make a reality
make a rebuttal
make a reconnaissance
make a record
make a rejoinder
make a remark
make a replica
make a request
make a request for
make a requisition
make a reservation
make a resolute stand
make a resolution
make a rod for (one's) own back
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make a row
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make a run
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make a run at (something)
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make a run for (someone or something)
make a run for her
make a run for him
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make a run for me
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make a run for them
make a run for us
make a run for you
Make A Sailor Hurt
make a sale
make a scene
make a score
make a secret of
make a selection
make a shambles
make a shift with
make a show
make a show of
make a showy appearance
make a silk purse
make a silk purse (out) of a sow's ear
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