| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act of attacking: aggression, assailment, assault, attack, offense, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, strike. See ATTACK. 2. A trying to do or make something: crack, effort, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal : shot. Slang : take. Archaic : assay. See TRY. | | VERB: | To make an attempt to do or make: assay, endeavor, essay, seek, strive, try. Idioms: have a go at, have (or make) (or take) a shot at, have (or take) a whack at, make a stab at, take a crack at. See TRY.
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