put (someone or something) to the test

: to place in a specified position or relationship : lay

: to move in a specified direction

: to send (something, such as a weapon or missile) into or through something : thrust

: a throw made with an overhand pushing motion

: an option to sell a specified amount of a security (such as a stock) or commodity (such as wheat) at a fixed price at or within a specified time — compare call 3d

: being in place : fixed, set

: some person : somebody

: some indeterminate or unspecified thing

: some indeterminate amount more than a specified number

: a person or thing of consequence

: in some degree : somewhat

used as an intensive giving adverbial force to an adjective

: a means of testing: such as

: something (such as a series of questions or exercises) for measuring the skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes of an individual or group

: a procedure, reaction, or reagent used to identify or characterize a substance or constituent

: to put to test or proof : try

: to require a doctrinal oath of

: to undergo a test

: of, relating to, or constituting a test

: subjected to, used for, or revealed by testing

: an external hard or firm covering (such as a shell) of many invertebrates (such as a foraminifer or a mollusk)