Rest and Try

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Rest verb - To refrain from labor or exertion.

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Try is an antonym for rest.

Nearby Words: restless, rested, restive, resting, restful

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Rest is an antonym for try in attempt topic.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

old	old rest	old try
good	good rest	good try
nice	nice rest	nice try
special	special rest	special try
Other adjectives: best, short, many, proper, single, obnoxious, small, actual, entire, real, big, quiet, former, few, less, next, extended, younger.

life	rest life	try life
control	rest control	try control
hand	rest hand	try hand
case	rest case	try case
Other words: way, food, gun, times.

Therefore, she went to a nursing home to have some rest and try to get her memory back.

Source: Series / The Secret Circle
Regularly the crew tries to hole themselves up in a room to try and rest, and every time they're attacked or spooked in some fashion.

Source: Film / Grave Encounters
Maybe you can take a rest and try again in a few minutes.

Source: Literature / Alex Verus

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