Have at and Try

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Try and have at are semantically related. in devote effort to something topic. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Have at".

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Have at and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Have at" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Asking any high level Artificer to remove all their magical items will always take a long time, as most artificers try and have at least a basic magic item in every possible slot.

Source: Extended Disarming
She'd much rather try her luck at rejoining society and have at least some kind of life, instead of hiding on the roofs until she gets shot by the police or falls 80 meters to her death.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Video Games
Most RPGs have at least one boss that adapts to the elements you attack them with, resulting in a literal Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors as you try to switch the elements of your attacks to be the opposite of your last one or whatever it has shifted to.

Source: Adaptive Ability

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