Entry Word: try out

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to put (something) to a test <want to try out my new skateboard?> <tried his skill at archery>

Synonyms sample, test

Related Words check out, examine, experiment (with), explore, feel (out), research

2 to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress <youʼre trying my patience>

Synonyms strain, stretch, tax, test

Related Words demand, exact, importune, press, pressure, push; aggravate, agitate, exasperate, get (to), gnaw (at), grate, harass, harry, hassle, irk, irritate, pain, pester