test-drive
verb (used with object)
to drive (a vehicle) on the highway or a special track or route in order to evaluate performance and reliability.
test-drove
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past tense formof test-drive.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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The pilots who are already at the Olympics all tell similar stories about the day their lives changed forever when they first test-drove a first-person view drone simulator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Hudson added that when he was starting out he test-drove the more popular Hammond B-3 organ, but he was drawn to a model made by a smaller company, Lowrey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
During a July solo appearance at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust, Lowe test-drove four of the album’s tracks, including “Love Starvation,” “Blue on Blue,” “Trombone,” and “Tokyo Bay.”
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024
Pirnot test-drove the text-to-speech idea with a short podcast monologue.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Samuel Bankman-Fried, in the thick of an argument what SBF should be allowed to testify about under oath, instead test-drove those hypothetical arguments in a courtroom without a jury, for Judge Lewis Kaplan to evaluate?
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2023
