Commit
Commit verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- But when you try accusing him of crimes he didn't commit and try and fight him... Big Brother Is Watching: Motherboard can monitor anyone, so long as they have a traceable piece of equipment.
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Irrational Hatred: Grace's hatred for Hawke, which drives her to try and commit Revenge by Proxy, has little justification - especially if Hawke set her free.
Source: Video Game / Dragon Age II - Which means that Apollo shouldn't try to commit a neat crime, he should try to commit an effective one.
Source: Fan Fic / Dirty Sympathy
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