press (your) luck

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• give someone the jitters
• give someone the kiss of life
• give someone the nod
• give someone the old heave ho
• give someone the once-over
• give someone the push
• give someone the right of first refusal
• give someone the right to first refusal
• give someone the rough side of tongue
• give someone the rough side of your tongue
• give someone the runaround
• give someone the sack
• give someone the shaft
• give someone the shits
• give someone the shivers
• give someone the slip
• give someone the time of day
• give someone the willies
• give someone the works
• give some stick
• give something a bad name
• give something a free reign
• give something a free rein
• give something a lick and a promise
• give something a miss