put to the test

Idioms and Phrases

Try or check out something or someone, as in This tall grass will put our new lawnmower to the test , or Let's put Harry to the test and see if he knows the last 20 World Series winners . [Mid-1600s]

Related Words

• consider
• examine
• explore
• inspect
• interrogate
• probe
• question
• review
• scrutinize
• search
• study