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• give someone a try — 1) to talk to someone because they might be able to help you or to give you information That woman looks like a local – give her a try. 2) to give someone an opportunity to do something If you give me a try, I ll work really hard …   English dictionary

• give something a try — 1) to do something in order to find out what happens or to find out whether something is good, suitable, effective etc Tony s planning to give skiing a try this winter. 2) to go to a particular place hoping to find someone or something Why not… …   English dictionary

• give someone a wide berth — give (someone/something) a wide berth to avoid someone or something. I try to give the city centre a wide berth on a Saturday. If she s in a bad mood I tend to give her a wide berth …   New idioms dictionary

• give someone a (good) run for their money — phrase to compete very well against someone so that it is hard for them to defeat you A new phone company is giving the others a run for their money. Thesaurus: to compete, or to try to winsynonym Main entry: run …   Useful english dictionary

• give someone a melvin — tv. to jerk up someone’s pants or underwear, drawing the fabric up sharply between the buttocks. (It is assumed that some geek named Melvin goes about with his underwear in this uncomfortable position.) □ If you even try to give me a melvin, I’ll …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• try — try1 [ traı ] (past tense and past participle tried [ traıd ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to attempt to do something: Don t try any of your tricks with me! I know she s not very helpful, but she does try. try to do something: Just… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• try — I UK [traɪ] / US verb Word forms try : present tense I/you/we/they try he/she/it tries present participle trying past tense tried UK [traɪd] / US past participle tried *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to attempt to do something I know she s… …   English dictionary

• give something a wide berth — give (someone/something) a wide berth to avoid someone or something. I try to give the city centre a wide berth on a Saturday. If she s in a bad mood I tend to give her a wide berth …   New idioms dictionary

• give a wide berth — give (someone/something) a wide berth to avoid someone or something. I try to give the city centre a wide berth on a Saturday. If she s in a bad mood I tend to give her a wide berth …   New idioms dictionary

• give — give1 W1S1 [gıv] v past tense gave [geıv] past participle given [ˈgıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(present or money)¦ 2¦(put something in somebody s hand)¦ 3¦(let somebody do something)¦ 4¦(tell somebody something)¦ 5¦(make a movement/do an action)¦… …   Dictionary of contemporary English