| shoot for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, work, attack) |
| speculate(verb, work, attack, struggle, try) |
| strive(verb, work, attack, struggle, try) |
| struggle(verb, work, attack, try, seek) |
| tackle(verb, work, attack, struggle, try) |
| take a crack at(verb, expression, idiom, struggle, try) |
| take a stab at(verb, expression, idiom, work, try) |
| take a whack at(verb, expression, idiom, work, try) |
| take on(verb, expression, work, try, attempt) |
| test(verb, work, try, attempt, toil) |
| toil(verb, work, try, attempt, experiment) |
| travail(verb, work, fight, try, attempt) |
| try(verb, work, attack, struggle, aim) |
| try out(verb, expression, work, fight, try) |
| venture(verb, work, attack, struggle, try) |
| vie for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, work, attack) |
| work(verb, attack, struggle, try, seek) |
| wrangle(verb, work, attack, struggle, try) |
| back to the salt mines(expression, idiom, fight, fag, snafued) |
| bobble(fight, fag, snafued) |