Go about
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Both terms in one sentence
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The games combine deliberately bad controls (as you are an octopus trying to masquerade as a human) with a heavy dose of Havoc physics as you try and go about daily life without giving away your secret.
Source: Wreaking Havok -
Distant Duet: The "It's Gonna Work" song is this as Pinkie and Rarity try to convince Saffron and Coriander of their methods as they go about their task separate from each other.
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When Tyrion asks Bronn how he'd go about fighting Ser Gregor, Bronn answers that he'd try to wear Gregor down by constantly moving around him and/or try to knock him off his feet, but also that he'd be taking a serious risk, even then: one wrong move and Gregor would kill him.
Source: Literature / A Storm of Swords
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