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have a stab

have a stab verb: to make an attempt, a try.

Verb

have a stab (third-person singular simple present has a stab, present participle having a stab, simple past and past participle had a stab)

  1. (idiomatic) To make an attempt, a try.

Forms of have a stab

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

Questions about have a stab

What does have a stab mean?
Have a stab means to make an attempt, a try.
What part of speech is have a stab?
Have a stab is a verb.
What is the past tense of have a stab?
The past tense of have a stab is had a stab.

Words near have a stab in the dictionary

  1. have a seat
  2. have a shit
  3. have a short memory
  4. have a sixpenny bit up one's backside
  5. have a snootful
  6. have a stab
  7. have a tantrum
  8. have a thick head
  9. have a thin time of it
  10. have a thing
  11. have a thing going on

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