put to the test

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put someone or something to the test

Fig. to see what someone or something can achieve. I think I can jump that far, but no one has ever put me to the test. I'm going to put my car to the test right now, and see how fast it will go.

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The lion said: 'They have been informed that they were going to be put to the test, and have assumed some strength. Fairy Tales by Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm View in context "Edward's love for me," said Lucy, "has been pretty well put to the test, by our long, very long absence since we were first engaged, and it has stood the trial so well, that I should be unpardonable to doubt it now. Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context He said, the present occasion would put to the test those excellent rudiments which he had learnt from Mr Thwackum and Mr Square; and it would be entirely owing to them, if he was enabled to survive such misfortunes. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context			put the kibosh on put the knife in put the lid on put the make on put the mockers on put the pedal to the metal put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on put the skids on put the skids under put the squeeze on put thinking cap on put through put through hell put through paces put through the mill put through the wringer put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death put to rest put to shame put to sleep put to the test put to use put together put too fine a point on put toward put trust in put two and two together put two cents in put two fingers up at put under the microscope put up a brave front put up a fight put up a front put up against put up dukes put up or shut up Put up or shut up! put upon by put wear on put weight on put weight on some part of the body put words in mouth put years on Put your money where your mouth is! Put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry put-up job			put to press put to rest put to rest put to rights put to rights put to rights put to rights put to rights put to rout put to sea put to sea put to sea put to sea Put to seller put to service put to shame put to shame put to shame put to shame put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to the proof put to the sword put to the sword put to the sword put to the test put to the torch put to the torch put to the torch put to the vote put to use put to use put to work put to work put to wrong use put together put together put together put together put together Put Together Quickly put too fine a point on put toward put trust in put two and two together put two and two together put two and two together put two and two together put two and two together put two cents in put two fingers up at put under put under an injunction put under an interdiction put under arrest put under contract

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