See trial and error on Wiktionary
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"text": "You shouldn't use trial and error when it comes to relationships.",
"translation": "Man sollte nicht nach (dem Motto) ›Versuch und Fehler‹ verfahren, wenn es um Beziehungen geht."
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"Methode, etwas zu versuchen und wenn es scheitert, zu verwerfen und anschließend eine neue Herangehensweise auszuprobieren; systematisches Ausprobieren (wörtlich \"Versuch und Irrtum\")"
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