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by verall 3 hours ago
Don't brits use the same way, i.e. "Take a jab at it"?

- not a brit so idk
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smelendez 3 hours ago
Interestingly Greene’s Dictionary of Slang cites more than a century of US use of “jab” for injection. Seems like it must have died out in the US and revived a bit lately.

https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/i66n7hi

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globular-toast 1 hour ago
Not sure about that, you may be thinking of "take a stab at it".
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