stab
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4.6
- noun
- /stæb/
- Informal
:
intento
- During the meeting, she took a stab at suggesting a new marketing strategy.
- take a stab at
- make a stab at
So I kind of took a stab at your dining room.
- So I kind of took a stab at your dining room.
- So I will, I will give a stab now.
- So I'd be able to do a, a fairly good stab at an accent, like quite quickly.
- So you have this sort of ill-fated stab at college, right?
- Well, I do give employees sometimes first stab at it because all of them like to garden.
- Not a great score compared to do I just like take a stab at it.
Examples
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Let me take a stab at this one.
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I just wanted to take a stab at writing, you know.
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But we did make a very a big stab at it and and passed a significant bill.
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Well, I do give employees sometimes first stab at it because all of them like to garden.
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So, uh, you know, based on what we were talking about last night, I just took a stab at the whole speech, basically.
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Here are a few more I plan to take a stab at in the coming months.
Blog text (20) -
I think the engineers have made a good stab at it.
Academic text (1996) -
E-topia takes an interesting stab at these questions from a designer's perspective.
Academic text (2000) -
In college, I made a stab at learning Serbo-Croatian, and after graduation, visited Belgrade.
Academic text (1992) -
The TWG was not the first group to take a stab at resolving the conflicting claims for elements.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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2.1
An attempt to do something you may not succeed in
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun stab meaning 'an attempt' comes from the same image of a quick 'push' or try, like giving something a small effort. So to 'take a stab at' something is to make a quick try.