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Phrase(s): If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Prov. You have to keep trying until you get what you want. • Jill: I spent all morning trying to fix the computer, and it still won’t work. Jane: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. • You’ll learn that dance step eventually. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs