Succeed and Try to

Opposite meaning terms

Succeed verb - To turn out as planned or desired.

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Try to is an antonym for succeed.

Nearby Word: succeeding

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Succeed is an antonym for try to.

The villains in turn try to give similar speeches to the heroes from time to time, but they never succeed.

Source: Literature / Atlas Shrugged
Animated Musical Bag of Kidnapping: Dim and Dum try to kidnap Alice this way; it looks like they succeed, but they get a pillow instead.

Source: Western Animation / The Care Bears: Adventure in Wonderland
His three companions try to rescue him, but only succeed in getting themselves captured too.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S1 E1 "An Unearthly Child"

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