Sens: try on

v. essayer, tenter; mesurer; mêtrer; passer un vêtement, essayer un vêtement (pour voir s'il nouis convient)

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try on

put on clothes to see how they fit and look You should try on that jacket before you buy it.

try one

make an inexperienced attempt at something I tried my hand at golf last summer but I didn't really like it.

try one's wings

Idiom(s): try (out) one's wings

Theme: TRYING

to try to do something one has recently become qualified to do. (Like a young bird uses its wings to try to fly.)
• John just got his driver's license and wants to borrow the car to try out his wings.
• I learned to skin-dive, and I want to go to the seaside to try my wings.
• She was eager to try out her wings.

try one's patience

Idiom(s): try one's patience

Theme: ANNOYANCE

to do something annoying that may cause someone to lose patience; to cause someone to be annoyed.
• Stop whistling. You're trying my patience. Very soon I'm going to lose my temper.
• Some students think it's fun to try the teacher's patience.

try one's luck at

Idiom(s): try one's luck (at sth)

Theme: TRYING

to attempt to do something (where success requires luck).
• My great-grandfather came to California to try his luck at finding gold.
• I went into a gambling casino to try my luck.

try one's hand at

Idiom(s): try one's hand (at sth)

Theme: TRYING

to take a try at something.
• Someday I'd like to try my hand at flying a plane.
• Give me a chance. Let me try my hand!

try on|try

v. To put (clothing) on to see if it fits. She tried on several pairs of shoes before she found one she liked. The clerk told him to try the coat on.

try one's hand|hand|try

v. phr. To make an inexperienced attempt (at something unfamiliar.) I thought I would try my hand at bowling, although I had never bowled before.

try one's wings|try|wing|wings

v. phr. To try out a recently acquired ability. Marjorie just had her twelfth French lesson and wants to try her wings by speaking with our visitors from Paris.

try one's hand

try one's hand
1) Attempt to do something for the first time, as in I thought I'd try my hand at snorkeling. This idiom uses try in the sense of “ascertain by experiment or effort,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.
2) Also, try one's luck. Take a chance doing something, as in We thought we'd try our luck at getting a hotel room at the last minute.

try on

1. Literally, to put on a apparel or added wearable account to see if it fits. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "try" and "on." I'm activity to try on this dress to see if it fits, because it's on auction for an absurd price. I'm so animated you like the ring! You should try it on in case we charge to get it resized.2. By extension, to try, use, or accede commodity in adjustment to accomplish a accommodation or anatomy an assessment about it. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "try" and "on." Sometimes broadcast to the byword "try (something) on for size." The bang-up is aggravating on a new access to communicating with vendors. The accomplished point of analysis active a car is to try it on for admeasurement to see if you feel adequate in it.Learn more: on, try

try something (on) (for size)

1. Lit. to put on an commodity of accouterment to see if it fits. Here, try this on for admeasurement and see if it fits any better. Please try on this shirt for size.
2. Fig. to appraise an abstraction or proposition. Now, try on this idea. Try this plan for size. I anticipate you'll like it.

try on

1. Test the fit or attending of a apparel by putting it on, as in Do you appetite to try on this dress? This announcement is additionally put as try on for size, which is sometimes acclimated figuratively, as in The abecedary capital to try the new adjustment on for admeasurement afore accordant to use it. [Late 1600s]
2. Test the capability or acceptability of something, as in The actors absitively to try on the new comedy out of town. [Late 1800s] Additionally see try out. Learn more: on, try

try on

v. To put some apparel on in adjustment to actuate if it fits: She went to the bathrobe allowance to try on the sweater. He approved the shoes on and said they were too tight. Learn more: on, try

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try one's hand

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