put (someone or something) to the test

idiom

: to cause (someone or something) to be in a situation that shows how strong, good, etc., that person or thing really is

Tomorrow's game will really put the team to the test.

We decided to put the theory to the test with a little experiment.

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The same story will be playing out in the coming days, weeks and — hopefully not — months as the supply chain, which has proven repeatedly to be remarkably resilient, is again put to the test. —Ken Roberts, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

Dawson Addis becomes team captain, contestants' intuition put to the test This week's challenge was all about putting contestants' intuition to the test. —Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024

That pledge, made amid ethics questions involving Justice Clarence Thomas and some of his colleagues -- and which is not independently enforced -- is now being put to the test in one of the court's most high-profile and high-stakes cases in a generation, ethics experts say. —Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2024

This bold prediction is now being put to the test, Fortune’s Christiaan Hetzner writes. —Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024

Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness was put to the test At least 46 people are still missing a day after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake rattled Taiwan, killing 10 people. —Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024

This is where your time management skills will be put to the test. —Sho Dewan, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024

That was put to the test when Joe Biden created an account on the platform in October. —Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024

Happiest Season follows longtime lesbian couple Abby (Stewart) and Harper (Mackenzie Davis), who made plans to go home to the latter’s family for Christmas, but their relationship is quickly put to the test when Abby discovers that Harper hasn’t come out to her family yet. —Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024