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It's worth a shot

Posted by Marcus Sims on October 23, 2005

Does anybody know the origin of the phrase "It's worth a shot"? As in - You might not succeed but you might as well try. I read it in a short story recently - it was said by a Frenchman which I found a little incongruous as I've always thought of it as American.

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