prove out
Succeed, turn out well, as in Farm-raised trout has proved out so well that the fish industry plans to experiment with other species. [Mid-1900s]
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How to use prove out in a sentence
I just love to experiment, to work, and to prove out things, so that ranch life and "roughing it" just suit me.
Letters of a Woman Homesteader | Elinore Pruitt StewartThe whole deal is being kept strictly under wraps until Leffingwell's experiments prove out.
This Crowded Earth | Robert BlochEven if the third-stage motor never fired, the rocket was high enough to prove out the project objective.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinThe exact direction that this line takes will prove out in question.
Farm Mechanics | Herbert A. ShearerIf he asked, it must be to receive all and return nothing, except whatever of constancy time might prove out of his heart.
Claim Number One | George W. (George Washington) Ogden
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