Plugged and Tried

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Plugged adjective - Completely obstructed or closed off.

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Tried and plugged are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tried" instead a verb "Plugged".

Nearby Words: plug, plugging, pluggable

Tried adjective - Worthy of one's trust.

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Plugged and tried are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plugged" instead a verb "Tried".

Nearby Words: try, trying

After the match, Ivory found a plugged-in iron and tried burning Tori with it.

Source: Garbage Wrestler
In the shopping channel task of Series 3 of The Apprentice (UK), the cliché shown below under 'other' really happened — Kristina tried to sell a floor cleaner, but because it wasn't plugged in it only spread the dirt around.

Source: Disastrous Demonstration
The Pink Panther: In "Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing" the Pink Panther once tried to hide from some pesky bees he'd annoyed by jumping into a hollow tree; the bees simply plugged up the open end with a rock, slipped into cracks in the trunk and proceeded to give the Panther what for.

Source: Bee Afraid

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