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bring someone or something to trial
to bring a crime or a criminal into court for a trial. At last, the thugs were brought to trial. We brought the case to trial a week later. See also: bring go to trial [for a case] to go into court to be tried. When will this case go to trial? We go to trial next Monday. on trial 1. [of someone] in a legal case before a judge. The criminal was on trial for over three months. lam not on trial. Don't treat me like that! 2. being tested; being examined or experimented with. The new strain of wheat is on trial in Kansas at the present time. The teaching method is on trial in the school system. send up a trial balloon to suggest something and see how people respond to it; to test public opinion. Mary had an excellent idea, but when we sent up a trial balloon, the response was very negative. Don't start the whole project without sending up a trial balloon. stand trial to be the accused person in a trial before a judge; to be on trial. He had to stand trial for perjury and obstruction of justice. See also: stand trial and error trying repeatedly for success. I finally found the right key after lots of trial and error. Sometimes trial and error is the only way to get something done. trial balloon a test of someone's or the public's reaction. It was just a trial balloon, and it didn't work. The trial balloon was a great success. See also: balloon trials and tribulations Cliché problems and tests of one's courage or perseverance. I suppose I have the normal trials and tribulations for a person of my background, but some days are just a little too much for me. I promise not to tell you of the trials and tribulations of my day if you promise not to tell me yours! See also: and on trial being judged in a court of law He was on trial for burglary. stand trial to appear in a court of law to be judged guilty or not guilty of doing something He is scheduled to stand trial for murder this summer. See also: stand Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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