( BrE , old-fashioned , informal ) to make a good, bad, etc. attempt to do sth
MAKE A BETTER, GOOD, POOR, ETC. FIST OF STH
Meaning of MAKE A BETTER, GOOD, POOR, ETC. FIST OF STH in English
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005