Dun
Dun verb - Make a dun color.
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Common collocations
| time | dun time | try time |
Both words in one sentence
- Compare Lotsa People Try To Dun It, where multiple characters make separate attempts on the life of the victim.
Source: Two Dun It -
Lotsa People Try To Dun It: In "The Error of her Ways", the first Victim of the Week was shot by his wife who then fainted.
Source: Series / Murder, She Wrote -
Lotsa People Try To Dun It: Multiple characters think they might have killed Harry, which results in his body behind moved multiple times as they try to hide their possible.
Source: Film / The Trouble with Harry
Cite this Source
Try and Dun. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dun/try
Dun & Try. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dun/try>.
Try or Dun. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dun/try.
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