try over

verb

To repeat or practise; to go through (a routine, performance, etc.) experimentally.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person tries over · participle present trying over · participle past tried over · past tried over

  1. To repeat or practise; to go through (a routine, performance, etc.) experimentally.

    Besançon—Besançon—Miriam had tried the pretty word over until unexpectedly she had fallen asleep.

    1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 78
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APA

try over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/try%20over

MLA

“try over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/try%20over. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “try over,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/try%20over.

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