test sth out
— phrasal verb with test uk/test/us/test/verb [ T ]
to test something, especially a theory or an idea, to find out how it works in a practical situation or how people react to it:
The students tested out their cost-cutting ideas in several companies.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Testing, checking and experimenting
- assay
- check
- check sth out
- check up on sb
- collector
- crosscheck
- feeler
- inspect
- inspection
- inspector
- play around with sth
- screen
- spy
- spy out the land idiom
- test
- tester
- trial
- trial run
- try sth for size idiom
- try-out
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