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31Make Mine Mink — Directed by Robert Asher Produced by Hugh Stewart Earl St. John (executive producer) Written by Michael Pertwee Peter Coke (play) Peter Blackmore …
32make a go of — To make a valiant attempt to succeed at something • • • Main Entry: ↑go * * * informal be successful in (something) he s determined to make a go of his marriage * * * make a go of : to succeed in doing (something) …
33Make That Spare — Format Game show Presented by Johnny Johnston (1960 1961, 1962 1964) Win Elliot (1961 1962) Chris Schenkel Nelson Burton Jr. (1988) Country of origin …
34attempt — [ə tempt′] vt. [ME attempten < OFr attempter < L attemptare, to try, solicit < ad , to + temptare, to try: see TEMPT] 1. to make an effort to do, get, have, etc.; try; endeavor 2. Archaic to tempt n. 1. a try 2. an attack, as on a person …
35make a pitch — If you make a pitch for something, you make a bid, offer or other attempt to get it …
36make a dead set at — ► make a dead set at Brit. make a determined attempt to win the affections of. [ORIGIN: by association with hunting (see sense 10 above).] Main Entry: ↑set …
37make a better fist of something — make a better, good, poor, etc. fist of sth idiom (BrE, old fashioned, informal) to make a good, bad, etc. attempt to do sth Main entry: ↑fistidiom …
38attempt — ► VERB ▪ make an effort to achieve or complete (something). ► NOUN ▪ an act of attempting. ORIGIN Latin attemptare, from temptare to tempt …
39make a bid — index attempt, endeavor, offer (propose), proffer, strive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
40make a try — index attempt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
