try for

1. 1.

   make an attempt at achieving something

   “She tried for the Olympics”

   Synonymsgo for

   Broadercompete

Questions about try for

What does try for mean?

try for means "make an attempt at achieving something".

What is another word for try for?

Close synonyms include go for. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is try for a common word?

try for is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.