Attempt and Try on

Attempt

Attempt verb - To make an effort to do.

Try on and attempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try on" instead the word "Attempt" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: attempted, attempting

Try on

Try on verb - Put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice.
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Synonyms for Try on

Attempt and try on are semantically related. You can use "Attempt" instead the word "Try on" as a noun or a verb.

Both terms in one sentence

  • Video Game / Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots They've also got strangling wires they can use to turn around any attempt at CQC you try on them (unless you catch them by surprise).
  • Paper Thin Disguise / Anime and Manga Played with in XY012 — in an attempt to trick a Vivillon seller to leading the kids and Officer Jenny to his hideout, three characters try on a Spewpa disguise for bait.
  • Sexy Spectacles Nyarko-san has a scene where Nyarko makes her love interest Mahiro try on a pair, believing he doesn't understand "the power of the glasses" after her attempt to invoke the Meganekko look on him failed.
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