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have a go

have a go verb: to make an attempt; to try.

Verb

have a go (third-person singular simple present has a go, present participle having a go, simple past and past participle 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.
    • 'Yes, me and Marty had a go when he didn't believe me about the girl.'2008, John Chalmers, The Lady on the Rocks, page 27
  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.
    • Except her dad had a go last time, the last time she'd brought home a detention slip for him to sign.2008, Stella Duffy, Mouths of Babes, page 10

have a go meaning in Bengali

have a go in Bengali

চেষ্টা করা, কাউকে শারীরিকভাবে আক্রমণ করা, ঝগড়া করা, তিরস্কার করা, সমালোচনা করা

Forms of have a go

third-person singular presenthas a go
present participlehaving a go
past participlehad a go
pasthad a go

Words formed from have a go

Questions about have a go

What does have a go mean?
Have a go means to make an attempt; to try.
What is have a go in Bengali?
Have a go in Bengali is চেষ্টা করা, কাউকে শারীরিকভাবে আক্রমণ করা, ঝগড়া করা. See Have a go meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is have a go?
Have a go is a verb.
What is the past tense of have a go?
The past tense of have a go is had a go.

Words near have a go in the dictionary

  1. have a finger in
  2. have a fit
  3. have a foot in both camps
  4. have a foot in the door
  5. have a gas
  6. have a go
  7. have a good mind to
  8. have a good one
  9. have a good time
  10. have a good time of it
  11. have a good weekend

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: have a go (page history and authors); have a go (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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