How to Use have a go in a Sentence

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• Not one bit, if the mainstream media wants to have a go at you, right?
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 May 2023
• If these talks fail then the second party will have a go.
  — Konstantin Testorides, Star Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
• Despite wearing heels, the duchess was more than game when offered a chance to have a go on a tall, winding slide in the play area.
  — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2022
• Treat this recipe as a principle, have a go, then why not come up with your own combos?
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• By the second day, a few dozen people had gathered around his table, eager to have a go.
  — Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
• Hulu appears to be done with the property, so let Murray have a go.
  — Vulture, 5 July 2022
• If any of the links are missing or broken, feel free to make a note in the comments, but please also have a go at finding them yourself.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2012
• Many people have a go at it, and everyone is welcome to comment.
  — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• Captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was the first to have a go; quite explosively, too.
  — Joshua Law, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• Give your audience their own markers (or crayons) and encourage them to have a go at their own version.
  — Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 28 June 2021
• This belief, a sort of curse of the mummy avant la lettre, did not encourage the average linguist to have a go at the Rosetta Stone.
  — The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
• Upon returning to England, the two friends decided to have a go at it themselves.
  — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
• Nonetheless, Kanye will likely have a go of independence on his terms.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2022
• Just dive in and have a go – for example, pulling up various different reports for different time periods.
  — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• Frank Martin were all instrumental in coming up with an idea where coaches would donate half of a salary to an athletic department to hire scholars who are people of color to have a go in athletic administration.
  — Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com, 23 Aug. 2020

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024