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TOM, DICK AND HARRY.

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[have a go at] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try, especially after others have tried. * /Bob asked Dick to let him have a go at shooting at the target with […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[fly at one's throat] {v. phr.} To attack you suddenly with great anger. * /When Tom called Dick a bad name, Dick flew at his throat./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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