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acid test

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acid test
Fig. a test whose findings are beyond doubt or dispute. The senator doesn't look too popular just now, but the acid test will be if he gets reelected.
See also: acid, test
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Acid Test Since there are a lot of cheap imitations posing as sterling silver chains and other silver accessories and items, another way to test this is through a nitric acid test.
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And Fergie believes facing newly-promoted Birmingham will be the acid test of whether or not the club was right to spend pre-season in the Far East as well as playing a mini-tournament in Munich.
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But the games against Leamington and Chasetown will be the acid test.
Keogh: Acid test to come; NON-LEAGUE NEWS by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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