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have a go

verb has a go · having a go · had a go

  1. Australia, UK, informal, intransitive To make an attempt; to try. I've never tried karate before, but I'm willing to have a go.
  2. Australia, UK, idiomatic, informal, intransitive To attack someone physically; to have a fight. I heard you had a go at Jack the other night.
  3. Australia, UK, idiomatic, informal, intransitive 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.

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verb (intransitive) to make an attempt; to try

Españolprobar, intentar
Русскийпыта́ться pytátʹsja

verb to attack or criticize

Русскийзадираться zadiratʹsja, цапаться capatʹsja

verb (idiomatic, intransitive) to shout at or tell off unnecessarily or excessively

Русскийпридираться pridiratʹsja, песочить pesočitʹ

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@misc{have_a_go_2026,
  title = {have a go},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/have%20a%20go},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}