What is "try for"

Usage examples of "try for".

I'll even stretch a point and take you to the Pleistocene, where you can try for one of the mammoths or the mastodon.

I'd have to try for the stairs, pushing out of the same double doors I'd come through in the first place, though the idea of even going out into the hall at this point was nearly more than I could bear.

I knew he'd make a try for Eric, but there was nothing I could do.

I thought Marty would try for it, but she only stared, making no move at all as I bent to retrieve it.

Thereare too many people in this world who haven't the gutsto try for something because it's difficult or risky, and it'seasier to accept the status quo than to try and changethings.

When they tell their bosses what happened, they might try for some kind of retaliation against me, but I think they'll write it off instead, or cover it out of their own pocket if they have to.

He was going to try for the other officer with the automatic rifle when he would leave the shelter of the boulder.