"try for size" meaning in English

See try for size in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tries for size [present, singular, third-person], trying for size [participle, present], tried for size [participle, past], tried for size [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} try for size (third-person singular simple present tries for size, present participle trying for size, simple past and past participle tried for size)
  1. (UK) Alternative form of try on for size Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: try on for size
    Sense id: en-try_for_size-en-verb-0dhP2KhM Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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