"give it one's best shot" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gives it one's best shot",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giving it one's best shot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave it one's best shot",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "given it one's best shot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "give<,,gave,given> it one's best shot"
      },
      "expansion": "give it one's best shot (third-person singular simple present gives it one's best shot, present participle giving it one's best shot, simple past gave it one's best shot, past participle given it one's best shot)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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            "Terms by semantic function"
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I didn't win the contest, but I sure gave it my best shot.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible."
      ],
      "id": "en-give_it_one's_best_shot-en-verb-2-3hS8SN",
      "links": [
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "give it the old college try"
        },
        {
          "word": "give one's all"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take one's best shot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give it one's best shot"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gives it one's best shot",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giving it one's best shot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gave it one's best shot",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "given it one's best shot",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "give<,,gave,given> it one's best shot"
      },
      "expansion": "give it one's best shot (third-person singular simple present gives it one's best shot, present participle giving it one's best shot, simple past gave it one's best shot, past participle given it one's best shot)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "give it the old college try"
    },
    {
      "word": "give one's all"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English positive polarity items",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I didn't win the contest, but I sure gave it my best shot.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "possible",
          "possible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make one's best effort or attempt; to try as hard as possible."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "take one's best shot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give it one's best shot"
}