make+an+attempt

  • 1make an attempt — index endeavor, strive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2Attempt — At*tempt , v. i. To make an attempt; with upon. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3make no secret of something — phrase to make no attempt to hide your feelings about something He’s made no secret of the fact that he’d like to manage the club. Thesaurus: to show or express emotionssynonym Main entry: secret * * * make something perfectly clear …

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  • 4make a pitch — ► make a pitch make an attempt at or bid for something. Main Entry: ↑pitch …

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  • 5make a go of it — make an attempt, try to accomplish something …

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  • 6make a pitch — make an attempt at or bid for something. → pitch …

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  • 7attempt — [[t]əte̱mpt[/t]] ♦ attempts, attempting, attempted 1) VERB If you attempt to do something, especially something difficult, you try to do it. [V to inf] The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia...… …

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  • 8attempt — I n. 1) to make an attempt 2) to foil, thwart an attempt 3) an abortive, fruitless, futile, vain; all out, concerted, last ditch; bold, brazen, daring; crude; deliberate; feeble, halfhearted, weak; first; premature; successful attempt; repeated… …

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  • 9make — make1 [ meık ] (past tense and past participle made [ meıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 create/produce something ▸ 2 do/say something ▸ 3 cause something to happen ▸ 4 force someone to do something ▸ 5 arrange something ▸ 6 earn/get money ▸ 7 give a total ▸… …

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  • 10make — I UK [meɪk] / US verb Word forms make : present tense I/you/we/they make he/she/it makes present participle making past tense made UK [meɪd] / US past participle made *** Get it right: make: When make means to cause or force someone to do… …

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