Make+an+attempt
61make use of — to do something taboo in connection with Thus to make use of prostitutes is not to find them chaste employment but to copulate regularly with them: to make use of drugs is not to control your hypertension under medical supervision but to… …
62make — verb Make is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑batsman, ↑company, ↑factory, ↑firm, ↑picture, ↑recipe, ↑sale Make is used with these nouns as the object: ↑accommodation, ↑accompaniment, ↑accusation, ↑ …
63make a pitch — If you make a pitch for something, you make a bid, offer or other attempt to get it. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
64Make a pitch — If you make a pitch for something, you make a bid, offer or other attempt to get it …
65attempt — 1. verb I attempted to answer the question Syn: try, strive, aim, venture, endeavor, seek, undertake, make an effort; have a go at, try one s hand at; informal go all out, bend over backwards, bust a gut, hazard; formal essay; archaic assay 2.… …
66make a break for it — verb To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away. By Gar! it was as well that he made a break for it before the note reached us! I guess he wont show his face in this valley again. Syn: make a run for it …
67make something of oneself — verb To attempt to be successful on ones own initiative. He moved to the big smoke when he was 17 to make something of himself …
68make up to — to attempt to court Either sex can make up to the other: ... me mother would have a fit if she thought I was making up to you. (Cookson, 1967) …
69make a dead set at — Brit. make a determined attempt to win the affections of. [by assoc. with hunting (see dead set above).] → set something to …
70fist at, make a (good, bad) — Make an attempt (well, successfully; badly, unsuccessfully) at …