have a stab

have a stab
To make an attempt, a try.

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  • have a stab at — (informal) To have a go at, attempt • • • Main Entry: ↑stab …   Useful english dictionary

  • have a stab at — have/make a stab at (something/doing something) to try to do something, or to try an activity that you have not done before. I d never tried water skiing before, but I had a stab at it while I was in Greece. She made a reasonable stab at solving… …   New idioms dictionary

  • have a stab at something — have/make a stab at (something/doing something) to try to do something, or to try an activity that you have not done before. I d never tried water skiing before, but I had a stab at it while I was in Greece. She made a reasonable stab at solving… …   New idioms dictionary

  • have a stab at doing something — have/make a stab at (something/doing something) to try to do something, or to try an activity that you have not done before. I d never tried water skiing before, but I had a stab at it while I was in Greece. She made a reasonable stab at solving… …   New idioms dictionary

  • stab — I UK [stæb] / US verb Word forms stab : present tense I/you/we/they stab he/she/it stabs present participle stabbing past tense stabbed past participle stabbed * 1) [transitive] to kill or hurt someone by pushing a knife or other sharp object… …   English dictionary

  • stab — [[t]stæ̱b[/t]] stabs, stabbing, stabbed 1) VERB If someone stabs you, they push a knife or sharp object into your body. [V n] Somebody stabbed him in the stomach... [V n] Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver... [V to …   English dictionary

  • stab — [stæb] verb [T] I to push a knife or other sharp object into someone or something • stab sb in the back to do something that is not loyal to someone who trusts you[/ex] II noun [C] stab [stæb] 1) an act of stabbing someone 2) informal an attempt… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • stab — [c]/stæb / (say stab) verb (stabbed, stabbing) –verb (t) 1. to pierce or wound with, or as with, a pointed weapon. 2. to thrust or plunge (a knife, etc.) into something. 3. to penetrate sharply, like a knife. 4. to make a thrusting or plunging… …  

  • Stab — attempt ( to have a stab ) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • stab — Australian Slang attempt ( to have a stab ) …   English dialects glossary

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