try on
verb
tried on; trying on; tries on
1
: to put on (a garment) in order to test the fit
2
: to use or test experimentally
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For the second, Roth traded his ballgown for massive winged appendages, more projections giving him bird or butterfly wings to try on.
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 July 2025
In another snap, Dewan can be seen standing in a clothing store, holding various pieces of clothing for her daughter to try on and sipping on a coffee.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 10 July 2025
Tereza embodies the desire to live out this journey, the willingness to try on new identities and experience new things in a unique, original, and undogmatic way.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
The hearing on April 11 was to determine how Garcia-Mendoza, 32, will be tried on the charges.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 July 2025
In another snap, Dewan can be seen standing in a clothing store, holding various pieces of clothing for her daughter to try on and sipping on a coffee.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 10 July 2025
Tereza embodies the desire to live out this journey, the willingness to try on new identities and experience new things in a unique, original, and undogmatic way.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
The hearing on April 11 was to determine how Garcia-Mendoza, 32, will be tried on the charges.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Try on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/try%20on. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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