What does try for mean?

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try for

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. try for, go forverb

    make an attempt at achieving something

    "She tried for the Olympics"

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  1. try for

    "Try for" generally means to make an attempt or effort to achieve or accomplish something. It involves putting in effort or taking actions towards attaining a specific goal or result.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of try for in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of try for in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of try for in a Sentence

  1. Bode Miller:

    After losing Emmy, we both felt like we wanted to try for a girl. You know, there's obviously no replacing kids, all of ours are so unique that it's always a surprise, but then we had the identical twin boys [in 2019] and we were kind of like, 'Whoa, maybe, maybe that's the end for us.’.

  2. Suu Kyi:

    The peace process is the first thing the new government will work on. We will try for the all inclusive ceasefire agreement, we can do nothing without peace in our country.

  3. Margery Gass:

    I think women are going to be very appreciative of having something they can try for this problem.

  4. Egan Bernal:

    I want to have my feet on the ground, to continue to work as I have been until now, to enjoy the bike, and if some day we can win another Tour de France, we'll try for a third. If we win the third, then a fourth and a fifth, this is like a drug, you win one and you want more and more.

  5. Ariel Matthews:

    I think because he came early, I just did n’t produce as much, so I made another goal, if my body would let me, to try for 1,000 ounces. And then I just decided to keep going with it once I hit it.

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