give something a lash

== English == === Etymology === Evokes imagery of lashing, similar to the expression take/have a crack at. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “But which sense of “lash” is original?”) === Verb === give something a lash (third-person singular simple present gives something a lash, present participle giving something a lash, simple past gave something a lash, past participle given something a lash) (chiefly Ireland) Synonym of give something a try. ==== Related terms ==== have a lash at (Australia, New Zealand) take a lash at