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Verb1.try fortry for - make an attempt at achieving something; "She tried for the Olympics"
compete, vie, contend - compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
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? try for
vi +prep objsich bemühen um


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Well, I couldn't see no advantage in going where she was going, so I made up my mind I wouldn't try for it.
He may find the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks with dogs and spears, but he is in no mind to be driven from the fold till he has had a try for it; he will either spring on a sheep and carry it off, or be hit by a spear from some strong hand--even so was Sarpedon fain to attack the wall and break down its battlements.
 
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