give it a try

1. 1.

   try

   “let's give it a whirl!”

   Synonymsgive it a whirl

   Broadertry

   colloquialism

2. 2.

   make an attempt at something

   “I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go”

   Synonymshave a go

   Broadertry

Questions about give it a try

What does give it a try mean?

give it a try means "try". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for give it a try?

Close synonyms include give it a whirl, have a go. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is give it a try a common word?

give it a try is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.