• to chance one's arm, to take one's chance, to try one's luck
• to make approaches to sy
• to appeal to the emotions
• to try, to try one's wings
• crack, fling, go, pop, shot, trying
• to probe, to prove, to prove, proved, proven, to sample, to test, to try, to try out
• to attempt, to essay, to offer, to try
• probing, proof, test, trying, tryout
• I'm willing to give it a whirl