Attempt and Forget

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Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.

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Forget is an antonym for attempt in try topic.

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Forget verb - To be unable to recall or think of.

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Attempt is an antonym for forget.

life	attempt life	forget life
people	attempt people	forget people
relationship	attempt relationship	forget relationship
number	attempt number	forget number
Other words: scene, time, spell, fight, magic, version, mission, times, events.

Tracy and Jenna attempt to get soup for the sick crew, forget, and go shopping together instead.

Source: Shopping Montage
In Soul Music, the Klatchian Foreign Legion once does this to Death, who's enlisted in a vain attempt to forget his troubles.

Source: Sand Necktie
For example, "Get Along" can easily be interpreted as a ham-fisted attempt to spread the aesop that we should forget our religious ties and just "get along".

Source: Narm Charm / Music

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