punt

take a punt at

1. To make an attempt at; to try. John's taking a punt at writing for an online magazine. He says he likes it so far.
2. To make a guess or estimate about. Many tech websites like this try to take a punt at what cultural trends will be like, but few of them are ever on the mark.
See also: punt, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

take (or have) a punt at

have a go at; attempt. Australian & New Zealand informal
1998 Times: Magazine However cheerfully positive I can be about the future, the man from the Pru isn't going to take a punt on me living the full term.
See also: punt, take
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

punt

(pənt)
in. to do something different in a pinch; to improvise. (From the act of kicking the ball in order to gain ground in football.) Everyone expected me to lose my temper, so I punted. I cried instead of getting mad.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • take a punt at
  • be over the hills and far away
  • for the ride
  • go along for the ride
  • be/go along for the ride
  • along for the ride
  • along for the ride, to go/to come/just
  • hard feelings
  • drive (someone) to an early grave
  • be on the make
References in periodicals archive
After averaging a net of 51 yards on four punts this past weekend at Colorado, the Ducks are No.
No-return policy for Ducks' pin-'em-back punt coverage
This was not a great punt at the college or pro level, but it was for high school freshmen.
Stop kicking! Try the place-kick punt
In part because of a reliance on youth, however, the Ducks have contended with some inconsistencies blocking for James on punt plays this season.
James getting a rush out of new role as a returner
The wideouts can be lined up like the normal "Roger" punt formation or as though you are going to run "Lucy." We like to mix our alignments so that the receiving team cannot get a good read on whether we are punting or running some sort of fake.
Strategizing the punt formation
As a true freshman in 2009, he averaged 40.5 yards on 60 punts. Last season, he improved his average to 42.3 yards on 40 punts, the sixth-best single-season average in school history.
Sports
In that latter role, OSU eventually urged him to join the team without a scholarship, with the understanding he would receive one if he punted well enough.
Hekker adds a little style to OSU punt game
the blocked punt is the most dramatic of special-teams plays.
Punt-blocking schematics: the best way to win a game. (Football)
When the Beavers beat Louisville, four of OSU's five touchdown drives started in Louisville territory after punt or kick returns across midfield.
No room to take a pass on punts, kicks
We will never (or hardly ever) line tip in the same punt return or punt block alignment two weeks in a row.
Winning with the kicking game. (Football)
The 6-foot-3, 220-pound native of Moraga, Calif., punted 11 times, averaging 46.2 yards per punt.
TO THE RESCUE
We approached it with a "simple can be successful" philosophy that enabled our punt return and blocking unit to block five punts and rank first in the conference and 15th in the country.
A simple recipe: For your special punt return and block team. (Football)
It will probably be Poyer and Markus Wheaton returning kickoffs, and either Poyer or Kevan Walker on punts. Poyer hasn't returned a punt in a game but was lined up with Rodgers last week and made a fair catch, and he has been the primary backup in practices.
Return game gives Beavers a jump start
In two plays the Oilers got a first down before the Nokomis defense eventually step of and hold them at third down 5 yards to go before Dylan "Sunshine" Hayes sacked the quarterback for 7-yard loss forcing EAWR to punt the ball to the Redskins.
Football: Redskins fall short of making the playoffs Nokomis drops to EAWR, will not see post season play
Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom: Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt
Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom: Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt