Definition of "try for" [try for]

• Make an attempt at achieving something (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Yet Momma insisted that Mrs. Allismore try for a while longer."
• "And when he appeared at the starting line in July of 2002 to try for a fourth straight victory, he still heard occasional cries of Dop-AY!"
• "AFTER MY DISAPPOINTMENT over the Montgomery Ward job, I confessed to Jack about my unsuccessful job-hunting expedition in Chicago and mentioned the suggestion from the woman at NBC that I try for a job in the sticks."