Make+an+attempt
71Attempt at kidnapping Juliana of the Netherlands — In Spring 1975 some Moluccans attempted to kidnap Juliana, queen of the Netherlands.On March 3 that year two South Moluccan youngsters were stopped by the police and found carrying weapons and ammunition in their car. Their plan was to rent a… …
72attempt — verb make an effort to achieve or complete. ↘try to climb to the top of (a mountain). noun an act of attempting. ↘a bid to kill someone. Derivatives attemptable adjective Origin ME: from OFr. attempter, from L. attemptare, from ad to + temptare… …
73make a play for — informal attempt to attract or attain. → play …
74attempt — v 1. make an effort, try, work at, strive, aspire to, aim for, set one s sights on; undertake, take in hand, take upon oneself, try one s hand at; venture, essay, seek to, set out to, drive at, go about; do one s best, Sl. shoot one s bolt,… …
75make my day — idiom. attempt what you want, and I will act/react as I like (said as a threat or warning) …
76make a break — Escape. Run in attempt at escape …
77try - attempt — Both these words are used as verbs or nouns. The other forms of try are tries, trying, tried. ◊ try used as a verb If you try to do something, you make an effort to do it. My sister tried to cheer me up. He was trying his best to understand. You… …
782002 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt — The Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 was a failed coup d état on April 11, 2002 that lasted only 47 hours, whereby the head of state President Hugo Chávez was illegally detained, the National Assembly and the Supreme Court dissolved, and the… …
791981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt — An attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II occurred on May 13, 1981. Mehmet Ali Ağca shot and seriously wounded the Pope in the Vatican City s St. Peter s Square. Ağca was convicted for this crime in July 1981, and was deported to Turkey in… …
801991 Soviet coup d'état attempt — 1991 Soviet coup d etat attempt August Coup/August Putsch Russian: Августовский путч Part of the Revolutions of 1989, Cold War, and Dissolution of the Soviet Union …
