Spar
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Common collocations
| time | spar time | try time |
Both words in one sentence
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Her second meeting with Yuzuko has her challenging her to a spar knowing full well she's going to lose to try and understand her growing interest in MMA.
Source: Manga / Teppu -
Since Spar is a significantly more useful party member as a girl (but loses the transformation if knocked out or zombified in battle), the average player will try to keep the character from losing the transformation if at all possible.
Source: First Law of Gender-Bending
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Try or Spar. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/spar/try.
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