Drop and Try

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Drop

Drop verb - To cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally.
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Try is an antonym for drop.
Nearby Words: dropped, dropping, droplet, dropout, dropper

Try

Try verb - To make an effort to do.
Usage example: will try to call later tonight
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Drop is an antonym for try.
Nearby Words: tried, trying
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How words are described

good good drop good try
nice nice drop nice try
special special drop special try
normal normal drop normal try
Other adjectives: common, short, single, small, actual, entire, hard, big, huge, major, possible, final, extra, impossible, last.

Common collocations

name drop name try name
stuff drop stuff try stuff
series drop series try series
case drop case try case
Other words: level, money, food, gun, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Those Magnificent Flying Machines In The Great Race — a Dueling Film with the above — the evil Professor Fate uses a small pedal-powered airship to try and drop a bomb onto the hero, with predictable results.
    Source: Those Magnificent Flying Machines
  • Film / The Great Race Those Magnificent Flying Machines: Professor Fate uses a small pedal-powered airship to try and drop a bomb onto Leslie, with predictable results.
    Source: Film / The Great Race
  • Guns Are Worthless Surprisingly both played straight and averted by the game's resident That One Boss - he'll tear you apart with his pistols, but it would take forever to try and drop him with your own gun; you need to block his bullets to survive long enough to get into melee range.
    Source: Guns Are Worthless
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