give (something) a whirl

to try something.

Tan had given up technical writing to give fiction a whirl.

Usage notes: often used in the form give it a whirl:

We've always wanted to take a cruise in the Caribbean, so we decided to give it a whirl.

Related vocabulary: take a shot at something

• French letter
• freshen up
• freshen up something
• freshen yourself up
• fresh from
• fresh from something
• fresh from somewhere
• fresh out of
• fresh out of something
• friend in need.
• friend in need is a friend indeed.
• friends in high places
• frighten out of their wits
• frighten out of wits
• frighten someone out of their wits
• frighten someone out of wits
• frighten someone to death
• frighten the daylights out of
• frighten the daylights out of someone
• frighten the hell out of
• frighten the hell out of someone
• frighten the life out of
• frighten the life out of someone
• frighten the living daylights out of
• frighten the living daylights out of someone