road-test
verb /ˈrəʊd test/
  /ˈrəʊd test/
 Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they road-test |    /ˈrəʊd test/   /ˈrəʊd test/  | 
| he / she / it road-tests |    /ˈrəʊd tests/   /ˈrəʊd tests/  | 
| past simple road-tested |    /ˈrəʊd testɪd/   /ˈrəʊd testɪd/  | 
| past participle road-tested |    /ˈrəʊd testɪd/   /ˈrəʊd testɪd/  | 
| -ing form road-testing |    /ˈrəʊd testɪŋ/   /ˈrəʊd testɪŋ/  | 
- road-test something to test a vehicle to see how it functions or what condition it is in
- We invited ‘Which car?’ magazine to raod-test two popular cars for us.
 - (figurative) I decided to road-test some of the ideas in th book.