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Definition of "retry" [re•try]

  • To try again. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "retry" in a sentence
  • "My finger is gettin 'tired from hittng "retry" so many times."
  • "Have hit "retry" a zillion times all morning and it keeps doing the same."
  • "My finger is gettin' tired from hittng "retry" so many times."