give it the old college try
idiom
US, old-fashioned
: to use one's very best effort : to try very hard
We can win this game if we give it the old college try!
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At least Congress can give it the old college try.
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Andrew Zimbalist, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
But he was hired to give it the old college try — one more time, at least.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2021
Still, the State University System’s Board of Governors is obliged to give it the old college try.
—Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
Andrew Zimbalist, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
But he was hired to give it the old college try — one more time, at least.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2021
Still, the State University System’s Board of Governors is obliged to give it the old college try.
—Star Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
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