put sb/sth through their paces
Definition
› to make someone show their skills or knowledge, or to make something show its good qualities: All the candidates were put through their paces during the television debate.Testing, checking and experimenting
(Definition of put sb/sth through their paces from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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put sb up phrasal verb
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put sb up to sth phrasal verb
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put sb's nose out of joint idiom
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put sb/sth first idiom
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put sth about/around phrasal verb
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put sth across phrasal verb
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put sth across/over sb phrasal verb
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put sth aside phrasal verb (IGNORE)
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put sth aside phrasal verb (SAVE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- assay verb
- check sth out phrasal verb (EXAMINE)
- check up on sb phrasal verb
- collector noun (JOB)
- crosscheck verb
- crucible noun (TEST)
- experimental adjective
- experimentation noun
- inspect verb
- inspection noun
- inspector noun
- screen verb (EXAMINE)
- spot check noun
- spy out the land idiom
- test noun
- test sth out phrasal verb
- test verb
- tester noun
- trial noun (TEST)
- trial run noun
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