give the old college try
重修旧好,重蹈覆辙,重修旧业,重温旧梦
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Definitions
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tried, try·ing.
- : to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- : to test the effect or result of: to try a new method; to try a recipe out.
- : to endeavor to evaluate by experiment or experience: to try a new field; to try a new book.
- : to test the quality, value, fitness, accuracy, etc., of: Will you try a spoonful of this and tell me what you think of it?
- : Law. to examine and determine judicially, as a cause; determine judicially the guilt or innocence of.
- : to put to a severe test; subject to strain, as of endurance, patience, affliction, or trouble; tax: to try one's patience.
- : to attempt to open in order to find out whether it is locked: Try all the doors before leaving.
- : to melt down to obtain the oil; render.
- : Archaic. to determine the truth or right of by test or battle.to find to be right by test or experience.
Phrases
- try on
- try one's hand
- try one's patience
- try out
- old college try
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It was a nice try on Victory’s part, but touring riders tend to be a conservative bunch, many of whom still haven’t quite accepted the Vision’s aesthetic.
Below are a few tries from the right wing that highlight how broken the Rockets look when Harden wants to isolate against a defense that only feels like guarding three of his teammates.
If you're into that sort of thing, this might be a good chance to give the relatively new game a try at less than full price.
After a few tries, aided by the skills she’d picked up in the occasional coding class in college, she got the script to spit out a deepfake video.
So are uncontested corner 3-point tries, which have become more plentiful as teams scramble to stop penetrators at the last second.
Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’
We try to avoid going away for too long, so we can check back in.
They were just way too aggressive to try and maintain on a farm here,” says Gow of his “Nazi cows.
“You try to always scratch where the itch is,” Huckabee said about his campaigning and rhetoric in the 2008 primary.
Their first attempt to unseat the House speaker failed miserably, so why not try again?
He shall pass into strange countries: for he shall try good and evil among men.
Given one more Division we might try: as things are, my troops won't cover the mileage.
These hills, if we have to mount them, shall sorely try the thews of horse and man.
Never grasp a Fern plant from above and try to pull it away, as this will be almost sure to result in damage.