Old try...when an adult or Old timer aka grandma or grandpa....say to u

"old try"..they r telling u..."go read a king James version bible"
Young adult.."granny I hate life I'm not good enough no one likes me"
Granny.."my child what about just loving urself the old fashioned way..just give an old try...and read that kings version bible like it's ur history book...find GODS doctrine....the old try is What it is since the dawn of time
by PRETTY IN COPPER May 24, 2017
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To give it your best educated effort.
To use all of your given knowledge to do something that you have never done before.
I have never baked bread before but, I'll give it the old college try.
by chellee75 February 16, 2009
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To do the best you can with the knowledge you have.
Dienamik: So, if I were to cum in your mouth would you spit or swallow?
White Girl: Swallow. Not sure if I could take your large load all at once, but I'd give it the old college try.
by Untamed Unicorn February 14, 2016
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Similar to The old college try but with even less effort; less like "college," more like "trade school."
"As soon as he pulled into the McDonald's drive-thru and seriously asked what I wanted, I knew he was only giving this 'date' The Old DeVry Try."
by Thornbrow April 21, 2010
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Giving something your best shot, even if you aren't sure how to do it.
i.e. Mrs. Victoria Landers' way of saying, "I haven't taught you how to do this, and even if I did, you wouldn't understand it. But anyways, here you go!" Attempting the "old college try" always results in uncontrolled rage and frustration rather than learning. This condition is only augmented by trying to find help in the textbook, "Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic," possibly the epitome of a horrible textbook.
Mrs. Landers: "Just give it the old college try and you'll learn it."

Disgruntled student: "FUCK YOU MRS. LANDERS. I haven't learned shit all semester, and doubt I'm going to start learning by giving it the old college try like your whore ass tells me to." (Flips the bird)
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To gather your friends, buy some cheap beer, order a pizza, and forget about tomorrow.
Calvin: Dad, what does it mean to "give it the old college try?"
Dad: It's when you gather your friends, buy some cheap beer, order a pizza, and forget about tomorrow.
Mom: That is NOT what it means.
Dad: Where did you go to college?
by Scherch Engine March 01, 2008
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