Success & failure

Give it your best shot

Try as hard as you can, even if you might not succeed.

Examples

I'm not sure I'll get the part, but I'll give it my best shot.
Just give it your best shot – nobody expects you to be perfect.

How to use it

Informal. Change the pronoun: give it my/her/our best shot.

go the extra mileTo make more effort than is expected of you.