Make sure
Make sure verb - Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally.
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Both terms in one sentence
- Lisa and Bart do their best to try and make sure Quimby is reelected over Bob, with the former quoting this word for word.
Source: Lesser of Two Evils - He berates Brody after Brody tries to do the honorable thing and try and make sure Threepeat gets the empty office.
Source: Series / Ground Floor - After Niko is taken away and tortured, she is dumped back in the cell, and Doc uses this line on her to try and make sure she doesn't fall asleep and never wake up again.
Source: That's an Order!
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