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# {{intransitive|informal}} To make an [[attempt]]; to [[try]].
# {{context|intransitive|informal}} To make an [[attempt]]; to [[try]].
#: ''I've never tried karate before, but I'm willing to '''have a go'''.''
#: ''I've never tried karate before, but I'm willing to '''have a go'''.''
# {{intransitive|informal|idiomatic|UK}} To attack (physically).
# {{context|intransitive|informal|idiomatic|UK}} To attack (physically).
#: ''I heard you '''had a go''' at Jack the other night.''
#: ''I heard you '''had a go''' at Jack the other night.''
#: ''Yes, we '''had a go'''.''
#: ''Yes, we '''had a go'''.''
#* '''2004''', Lars Saabye Christensen, Kenneth Steven, ''The Half Brother'', page 314:
#* '''2004''', Lars Saabye Christensen, Kenneth Steven, ''The Half Brother'', page 314:
#*: But there were occasions when someone or other '''had a go''' — when I was going to have a drink from the fountain, for instance, and had to stand on tiptoe at the side to reach the jet of water. Then it was that the clever dogs saw their chance to do something tough atmy expense [...]
#*: But there were occasions when someone or other '''had a go''' — when I was going to have a drink from the fountain, for instance, and had to stand on tiptoe at the side to reach the jet of water. Then it was that the clever dogs saw their chance to do something tough atmy expense [...]
# {{intransitive|informal|idiomatic|UK}} To [[tell off]] (especially [[unnecessarily]] or [[excessively]]), to [[criticise]].
# {{context|intransitive|informal|idiomatic|UK}} To [[tell off]] (especially [[unnecessarily]] or [[excessively]]), to [[criticise]].
#: ''My teacher '''had a go''' at me earlier, just for missing one [[sodding]] homework. I was fuming.''
#: ''My teacher '''had a go''' at me earlier, just for missing one [[sodding]] homework. I was fuming.''
#* '''2008''', Stella Duffy, ''Mouths of Babes'', page 10:
#* '''2008''', Stella Duffy, ''Mouths of Babes'', page 10:

Revision as of 21:47, 4 June 2013

See also: have-a-go

English

Verb

have a go

  1. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "intransitive" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. To make an attempt; to try.
    I've never tried karate before, but I'm willing to have a go.
  2. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "intransitive" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. To attack (physically).
    I heard you had a go at Jack the other night.
    Yes, we had a go.
    • 2004, Lars Saabye Christensen, Kenneth Steven, The Half Brother, page 314:
      But there were occasions when someone or other had a go — when I was going to have a drink from the fountain, for instance, and had to stand on tiptoe at the side to reach the jet of water. Then it was that the clever dogs saw their chance to do something tough atmy expense [...]
  3. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "intransitive" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. To tell off (especially unnecessarily or excessively), to criticise.
    My teacher had a go at me earlier, just for missing one sodding homework. I was fuming.
    • 2008, Stella Duffy, Mouths of Babes, page 10:
      Except her dad had a go last time, the last time she'd brought home a detention slip for him to sign.

Quotations

  • 2008, John Chalmers, The Lady on the Rocks, page 27:
    'Yes, me and Marty had a go when he didn't believe me about the girl.'

Translations

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