Act on and Try

Act on

Act on verb - Carry further or advance.
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Synonyms for Act on

Try and act on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Act on".

Try

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

Act on and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act on" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

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  • Similarly, whenever the DM makes a hidden roll or asks for a spot or listen check (that they fail), the players will assume something is going on and, if they're bad metagamers, try to act on it.
  • The entirety of the game Beyond: Two Souls is impossible to lose because all failures to act on the game's many Press X to Not Die sequences will either force the player to try again, or the game will simply move on.
  • Although they try their best to act on Brolli's behalf, they end up causing enough trouble to incite the climatic incident.
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