Make a move
Try and make a move are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb phrase "Make a move".
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Make a move and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Make a move" instead a verb "Try".
Both terms in one sentence
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After a slo-motion Hair Flip, Ross finds he is attracted to her and decides that she is attracted to him too, leading him to try and make a move... Hilarity Ensues.
Source: Kissing Cousins -
Walker dares him to try and make a move after being put on the spot, then gives a disgusted glare when the leader does nothing.
Source: Series / Walker, Texas Ranger -
In Turn A Gundam, during a party held to try and make a move towards peace between the Earth Race and Moon Race, a large cake made to look like the earth and moon is rolled out.
Source: Jumping Out of a Cake
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