try it on the dog
try it on the dog · tries it on the dog · tried it on the dog · trying it on the dog
To try something on a less important audience to gauge the likelihood of success…To try something (especially a theatrical play) on a less important audience to gauge the likelihood of success before committing to general release or approval.
Meaning
1 senses(colloquial)To try something (especially a theatrical play) on a less important audience to gauge the likelihood of success before committing to general release or approval.
Forms
tries it on the dog, trying it on the dog, tried it on the dog, tried it on the dogirregular
| Base form | try it on the dog · to try it on the dog |
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| 3rd person singular | tries it on the dog |
| Present participle | trying it on the dog |
| Past simple | tried it on the dog |
| Past participle | tried it on the dog |
Tenses
try it on the dog · tried it on the dog · will try it on the dog · have tried it on the dogPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Word family
1 related wordsRelateddog town
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.