try over

English

Verb

try over (third-person singular simple present tries over, present participle trying over, simple past and past participle tried over)

  1. To repeat or practise; to go through (a routine, performance, etc.) experimentally.
    • 1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 78:
      Besançon—Besançon—Miriam had tried the pretty word over until unexpectedly she had fallen asleep.
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