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

:  the act or an instance of putting the shot

:  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

:  a person or thing of consequence

:  one having more or less the character, qualities, or nature of something different

:  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)