- try your hand at
- try to do, try it
Would you like to try your hand at washing dishes? It's fun!
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try your hand at
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try your hand — to try to do something usually + at She wanted to try her hand at photography. • • • Main Entry: ↑hand try your hand see ↑hand, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
try your hand at something — phrase to do an activity for the first time in order to find out whether you like it or are good at it I’ve always wanted to try my hand at writing a novel. Thesaurus: to start doing something new or differentsynonym Main entry: try … Useful english dictionary
try (your) hand at (something) — to attempt to do something. Goodwin worked as a journalist, and he also tried his hand at writing fiction for a time … New idioms dictionary
try your hand (at something) — try your ˈhand (at sth) idiom to do sth such as an activity or a sport for the first time Main entry: ↑tryidiom … Useful english dictionary
try your hand at something — to do an activity for the first time in order to find out whether you like it or are good at it I ve always wanted to try my hand at writing a novel … English dictionary
overplay your hand — overplay (your) hand mainly American to try to get more advantages from a situation than you are likely to get. I m going to ask for promotion but I think it might be overplaying my hand to ask to work fewer hours as well … New idioms dictionary
I Want to Hold Your Hand — Infobox Single Name = I Want to Hold Your Hand Artist = The Beatles Album = Meet the Beatles! (US) Non album single (UK) B side = This Boy (UK) I Saw Her Standing There (US) Released = Start date|1963|11|29|df=yes (UK) 13 January 1964 [http://www … Wikipedia
try one's hand at — 1. To attempt 2. To test one s prowess at • • • Main Entry: ↑hand * * * attempt to do (something) for the first time, typically in order to find out if one is good at it a chance to try your hand at the ancient art of drystone walling … Useful english dictionary
try it — try to do it, try your hand at After I sing the song, you try it. See if you can sing it … English idioms
hand — hand1 W1S1 [hænd] n ↑finger, ↑fingernail, ↑thumb ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of body)¦ 2¦(help)¦ 3¦(control)¦ 4 get out of hand 5 on the other hand 6 hands off 7 in hand … Dictionary of contemporary English
