put one through one's paces

put one through one's paces
put one through one's paces & put something through its paces
Fig. to give someone or something a thorough test; to show what someone or something can do. •

I brought the young gymnast out and put her through her paces.

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{v. phr.} To train and discipline someone; test one's abilities. * /The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • put one through one's paces — {v. phr.} To train and discipline someone; test one s abilities. * /The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • through one's paces — See: PUT THROUGH ONE S PACES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • through one's paces — See: PUT THROUGH ONE S PACES …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • through\ one's\ paces — See: put through one s paces …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put\ one\ through\ one's\ paces — v. phr. To train and discipline someone; test one s abilities. The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put through one's paces — {v. phr.}, {informal} To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. * /He put his new car through its paces./ * /Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put through one's paces — {v. phr.}, {informal} To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. * /He put his new car through its paces./ * /Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put\ through\ one's\ paces — v. phr. informal To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. He put his new car through its paces. Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first months of his… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • put through one's paces —    If you put someone or something through their paces, you test their ability to do something by making them perform certain actions.     During the presentation, the new machine was put through its paces …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • To put someone through one's paces — pace pace (p[=a]s), n. [OE. pas, F. pas, from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. {Pas}, {Pass}.] 1. A single movement from one foot to the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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