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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Judy eagerly tries on wedding dresses at a local shop in a room walled off by mirrors.
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Hooters did not provide Fox News Digital with its uniform requirements, but Lamb told Fox News Digital in an April interview that trying on the outfit was part of the orientation process.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Both teams failed on fourth-down conversion tries on their first possessions.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
The movie pulls a few nifty tricks with that item, catching ghosts in reflections that can’t be seen in the room and vice versa, though the best mirror scene is one in which Judy is left alone in a changing room lined with them while trying on a wedding dress.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
Hooters did not provide Fox News Digital with its uniform requirements, but Lamb told Fox News Digital in an April interview that trying on the outfit was part of the orientation process.
—Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Both teams failed on fourth-down conversion tries on their first possessions.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
The movie pulls a few nifty tricks with that item, catching ghosts in reflections that can’t be seen in the room and vice versa, though the best mirror scene is one in which Judy is left alone in a changing room lined with them while trying on a wedding dress.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Try on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/try%20on. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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