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Phrase(s): try for something
to try to win or achieve something. • I am going to try for the silver trophy in this year’s race. • Will you try for a place on the team?, Phrase(s): try someone for something
to put someone through a court trial for some crime or wrongdoing. • The prosecutor wanted to try Harry for fraud. • Anne was tried for shoplifting.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs