Try and Wrestle

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Wrestle and try are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wrestle" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Wrestle verb - To seize and attempt to unbalance one another for the purpose of achieving physical mastery.

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Try and wrestle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Try" instead a verb "Wrestle".

Nearby Words: wrest, wrestled, wrestling, wresting, wrestler

man	try man	wrestle man
woman	try woman	wrestle woman
best	try best	wrestle best
control	try control	wrestle control
Other words: someone, rest, time, way, game, gun.

Tomoe steps in to try and wrestle the knife out of an enemy's hands, but thanks to Kenshin being blinded earlier in the fight he can't see her and accidentally kills them both.

Source: Taking the Bullet
In close-quarters combat, it also allows the shooter to deliver a punch with his pistol and keep control of it away from an opponent who might try to knock or wrestle it away.

Source: Film / Man on Fire
Rather than cowering in fear, his first instinct was to run up to the students and try to wrestle away the guns.

Source: Literature / Fiery Secrets

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