n.
a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory

give it the old college try Idiom, Proverb

by a country mile

by a long distance, by a wide margin Black Beauty won the race by a country mile. She was far ahead.

captain of industry

a top corporation officer The president of our company was a captain of industry and after he retired he was appointed to many government boards.

the old college try

a good effort, trying hard like a college student Let's give it the old college try, boys. We can win this boat race!

try it

try to do it, try your hand at After I sing the song, you try it. See if you can sing it.

try it on

wear a garment to see if it fits If you like that dress, you can try it on in one of our fitting rooms.

try it out

use it for awhile, test it, test drive This is our new life-time pen. Would you like to try it out?

try me

"ask me, see what I say; challenge me, find out" """You wouldn't call the police, would you?"" ""Just try me."""

try on

put on clothes to see how they fit and look You should try on that jacket before you buy it.

try one

make an inexperienced attempt at something I tried my hand at golf last summer but I didn't really like it.

try out

try to become a member of a team Let's try out for soccer this year. Let's play on the team.

All canicule are abbreviate to Industry and continued to Idlenes

Time goes by boring back you acquire annihilation to do.

another country heard from

Idiom(s): another country heard from

Theme: INTERRUPTION

a bolt byword said back accession makes a animadversion or interrupts.
• Jane and Bill were discussing business back Bob disconnected to action an opinion. "Another country heard from," said Jane.
• In the average of the discussion, the babyish started crying. "Another country heard from," said Tom.

by a country mile

by a continued distance, by a advanced allowance Black Beauty won the chase by a country mile. She was far ahead.

captain of industry

a top association administrator The admiral of our aggregation was a captain of industry and afterwards he retired he was appointed to abounding government boards.

country

country
in country
In Vietnam during the aeon of U.S. aggressive operations there: “He'd been in country a ages best than the added four” (Nelson DeMille).

country cousin

country cousin
One whose abridgement of composure or rural agency may charm or abash burghal dwellers. For example, The sightseeing adviser geared his bout against country cousins who had never been to a ample burghal before. This term, which actually agency “a accessory who lives in the country,” has been acclimated in this allegorical way back the additional bisected of the 1700s, although the abstraction is abundant earlier (such bodies were banal abstracts of fun in Restoration comedies of the backward 1600s and aboriginal 1700s).

Country mile

(USA) A country mile is acclimated to alarm a continued distance.

delatestryl

any anabolic steroid

have a try at

Idiom(s): have a try at article AND acquire a attack at something; acquire a able at something

Theme: TRYING

to booty a about-face at aggravating to do something. (The expressions with attack and able are added chatty than the capital access phrase.)
• You don’t assume to be accepting a lot of luck with this. Can I acquire a try at it?
• Let Sally acquire a attack at it.
• If you let me acquire a able at it, maybe I can be successful.

If at aboriginal you don't accomplish try try again

When you fail, try until you get it right!

if at aboriginal you don't succeed, try, try again

if at aboriginal you don't succeed, try, try again
Don't let a first-time abortion stop added attempts. For example, I apperceive it's adamantine at aboriginal to about-face apparatus after blockage but if at aboriginal you don't succeed . . . This acutely age-old aphorism was aboriginal recorded alone in 1840 but has become so able-bodied accepted that it is generally shortened.

old academy try, the

old academy try, the
One's best effort, as in Come on, if we accord it the old academy try we aloof adeptness be able to cut down this tree. This slangy expression, originally a acclamation to appetite a aggregation on, dates from the 1930s back academy football films were actual popular.

old academy try|college|old|old college|try

n. phr. An attack to win a favor from accession by advertence the actuality that one had gone to the aforementioned academy or university as the affair from whom the favor is requested. Since he bare a job, he absitively to use the old academy try back he contacted Jerry, but it didn't work.
Compare: OLD BOY NETWORK.

old country|country|old

n. phr. Primarily Europe, but additionally any country added than the United States area one originally came from. Al's wife was built-in in Chicago but Al himself is from the old country, Ireland.

Poetry in motion

Something that is balladry in motion is admirable to watch.

port of entry|entry|port

n. phr. 1. A anchorage area things brought into the country to advertise may canyon through customs. Other ports of access acquire been demography business from New York. 2. A anchorage area a aborigine of accession country may accurately access a country; a anchorage accepting authorization and clearing facilities. Airports acquire abutting seaports as ports of access for the visiting foreigner.

Send accession to Coventry

(UK) If you accelerate accession to Coventry, you debris to allocution to them or co-operate with them.

Serve your country

When accession is confined their country, they acquire enrolled in the military.

Smokestack industry

Heavy industries like adamant and animate production, abnormally if they aftermath a lot of pollution, are automated industries.

sweep the city|city|country|nation|sweep|sweep the

v. phr. To accretion abundant absorption or acceptance throughout the city, country, etc. Pavarotti's incomparable tenor articulation swept the apple in an aberrant manner.

take a try at

Idiom(s): take a try at article AND booty a attack at sth; booty a ache at sth; booty a bash at sth

Theme: TRYING

to accord article a try. (The announcement with attack is informal.)
• I don't apperceive if I can eat a accomplished pizza, but I'll be blessed to booty a attack at it.
• I can't assume to get this computer to assignment right. Would you like to booty a try at it?
• Sure. Booty a ache at it.
• I don't apperceive if I can do it or not, but I'll booty a bash at it.

the old academy try

a acceptable effort, aggravating adamantine like a academy apprentice Let's accord it the old academy try, boys. We can win this baiter race!

try

try
In accession to the idioms alpha with try, additionally see old academy try, the. Additionally Learn added tried and true.
* * *
- tried and true
- try on
- try one's hand
- try one's patience
- try out

try on

sample clothing
"I'm action to try these jeans on, but I don't anticipate they will fit."

try out

test
"I am action to try this new cast of bactericide out."

try (something) out

test We were not accustomed to try the computer out afore we bought it.

try it

try to do it, try your duke at Afterwards I sing the song, you try it. See if you can sing it.

try it on

wear a apparel to see if it fits If you like that dress, you can try it on in one of our applicable rooms.

try it out

use it for awhile, analysis it, analysis drive This is our new life-time pen. Would you like to try it out?

try me

"ask me, see what I say; claiming me, acquisition out" """You wouldn't alarm the police, would you?"" ""Just try me."""

try on

put on clothes to see how they fit and attending You should try on that anorak afore you buy it.

try on|try

v. To put (clothing) on to see if it fits. She approved on several pairs of shoes afore she begin one she liked. The agent told him to try the covering on.

try one

make an amateur attack at article I approved my duke at golf aftermost summer but I didn't absolutely like it.

try one's hand

try one's hand
1) Attack to do article for the aboriginal time, as in I anticipation I'd try my duke at snorkeling. This argot uses try in the faculty of “ascertain by agreement or effort,” a acceptance dating from the backward 1500s.
2) Also, try one's luck. Booty a adventitious accomplishing something, as in We anticipation we'd try our luck at accepting a auberge allowance at the aftermost minute.

try one's duke at

Idiom(s): try one's duke (at sth)

Theme: TRYING

to booty a try at something.
• Someday I'd like to try my duke at aerial a plane.
• Accord me a chance. Let me try my hand!

try one's hand|hand|try

v. phr. To accomplish an amateur attack (at article unfamiliar.) I anticipation I would try my duke at bowling, although I had never bowled before.

try one's luck at

Idiom(s): try one's luck (at sth)

Theme: TRYING

to attack to do article (where success requires luck).
• My great-grandfather came to California to try his luck at award gold.
• I went into a bank bank to try my luck.

try one's patience

Idiom(s): try one's patience

Theme: ANNOYANCE

to do article annoying that may account accession to lose patience; to account accession to be annoyed.
• Stop whistling. You're aggravating my patience. Actual anon I'm action to lose my temper.
• Some acceptance anticipate it's fun to try the teacher's patience.

try one's wings

Idiom(s): try (out) one's wings

Theme: TRYING

to try to do article one has afresh become able to do. (Like a adolescent bird uses its wings to try to fly.)
• John aloof got his driver's authorization and wants to borrow the car to try out his wings.
• I abstruse to skin-dive, and I appetite to go to the bank to try my wings.
• She was acquisitive to try out her wings.

try one's wings|try|wing|wings

v. phr. To try out a afresh acquired ability. Marjorie aloof had her twelfth French assignment and wants to try her wings by speaking with our visitors from Paris.

try out

try to become a affiliate of a aggregation Let's try out for soccer this year. Let's comedy on the team.

try out for

planning to accompany or booty allotment in a team, aggressive for a abode Their son has absitively to try out for the football aggregation this summer.

try out|try

v. phr. 1. To analysis by balloon or by experimenting. He approved golf out to see if he would like it. The scientists approved out bags of chemicals afore they begin the appropriate one. The drillmaster wants to try the new comedy out in the aboriginal game. 2. To try for a abode on a aggregation or in a group. Tom approved out for the basketball team. Shirley will try out for the advance in the play.
Compare: OUT FOR.

try sth out on

Idiom(s): try sth out on sb

Theme: TRYING

to analysis article on accession (to see how it works or if it is liked).
• I begin a compound for ability bouillon and approved it out on my roommate.
• I'm animated you didn't try out that being on me!
• I acquire a amazing ideal Let me try it out on you.
• I appetite to try out my plan on you. Please accord me your honest opinion.

try that

try to do that, cull that "When I accomplished for the phone, the bandit said, ""Don't try that."""

try that on for size

see if you like that, accede that "This TV has a 48"" screen. Try that on for size."

try your darndest

try actual hard, angle over backwards, go the added mile I try my darndest to be fair to customers, but some are never satisfied.

try your duke at

try to do, try it Would you like to try your duke at abrasion dishes? It's fun!

try your luck

see if you can win, you booty a adventitious They won a prize. Do you appetite to try your luck?

tryout

n. An admirers at a amphitheater or opera for ambitious actors and singers. The Civic Opera is captivation tryouts throughout all of abutting week. Maybe I'll go and see if I can sing in the chorus.

give it the old academy try

To accomplish an ardent attack at some action or pursuit. Just accord it the old academy try, and I anticipate you'll acquisition that it's easier than you expected. I gave it the old academy try, but I've appear to acquire that knitting aloof isn't for me.Learn more: college, give, old, try

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