"put to the test" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-put to the test.ogg Forms: puts to the test [present, singular, third-person], putting to the test [participle, present], put to the test [participle, past], put to the test [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> to the test}} put to the test (third-person singular simple present puts to the test, present participle putting to the test, simple past and past participle put to the test)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To test (something or someone); to evaluate, scrutinize or explore by testing or experimentation. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: put one through one's paces Translations (test or evaluate): toetsen (Dutch), elprovi (Esperanto), auf die Probe stellen (German), valutare (Italian), rivalutare (Italian), mettere alla prova (Italian), perīclitor (Latin), experior (Latin), دكهمك (deñemek) (Ottoman Turkish), sätta på prov (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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