TRY YOUR HAND AT SOMETHING - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of try your hand at something in English

try your hand at something

idiom Add to word list Add to word list to try doing something for the first time: He decided to try his hand at knitting and discovered he was good at it. Trying and making an effort
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  • all out
  • assault
  • attempt
  • attempted
  • give (something) your all phrase
  • give something your best shot idiom
  • go after someone phrasal verb
  • go all out idiom
  • go down swinging/fighting idiom
  • invest
  • nose
  • scrabble
  • shoot for something phrasal verb
  • shoot for the moon idiom
  • shoot the works idiom
  • smarten (someone/something) up phrasal verb
  • spare
  • stretch
  • struggle
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(Definition of try your hand at something from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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try your hand at something

idiom Add to word list Add to word list to attempt something for the first time: Mike decided to try his hand at tennis. (Definition of try your hand at something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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in Chinese (Traditional) 初次嘗試做… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 初次尝试做… See more Need a translator?

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