take a crack at

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take a crack at (sth) definition

and have a crack at (sth )

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to take a try at something. : She had a crack at food preparation, but that wasn't for her. , Let me have a crack at changing the tire.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

take a crack at

see have a crack at.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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have a crack at