put (someone or something) through his/her/its paces
idiom
: to test what someone or something can do
We brought home three different computers and put them through their paces.
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Jesse Willis from Acworth, Georgia, took to TikTok to share footage of Roger, a pit bull, being put through his paces by Willis' dog, Chowder, who is a pit bull and Catahoula mix.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Shanghai Jiao Tong University The Nezha-SeaDart was recently put through its paces in a ten-day-long test in China's Thousand Islands Lake of Zhejiang Province.
—New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2024
Ashley Tisdale is being put through her paces in her second pregnancy.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
Passengers are spotted grabbing the passenger-side grip handle as the car is put through its paces.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
One of them is a new mobile DC fast-charger from Lightning eMotors, which will be put through its paces June 19–23 charging EVs for staff and customers.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 8 June 2023
Ultimately Kyle and Zach found the smoker the team purchased, and it was put through its paces in a trial run in Zach’s Overland Park driveway in early May.
—Kimberly Winter Stern, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
The manual has been put through its paces, too, with a total of 89,680 miles on the dial.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
Researchers described the optical fiber and a variety of ways it was put through its paces in model mice in a paper in Nature Methods, published 19 October.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Shanghai Jiao Tong University The Nezha-SeaDart was recently put through its paces in a ten-day-long test in China's Thousand Islands Lake of Zhejiang Province.
—New Atlas, 6 Aug. 2024
Ashley Tisdale is being put through her paces in her second pregnancy.
—Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
Passengers are spotted grabbing the passenger-side grip handle as the car is put through its paces.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
One of them is a new mobile DC fast-charger from Lightning eMotors, which will be put through its paces June 19–23 charging EVs for staff and customers.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 8 June 2023
Ultimately Kyle and Zach found the smoker the team purchased, and it was put through its paces in a trial run in Zach’s Overland Park driveway in early May.
—Kimberly Winter Stern, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
The manual has been put through its paces, too, with a total of 89,680 miles on the dial.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
Researchers described the optical fiber and a variety of ways it was put through its paces in model mice in a paper in Nature Methods, published 19 October.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
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“Put (someone or something) through his/her/its paces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20%28someone%20or%20something%29%20through%20his%2Fher%2Fits%20paces. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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