experiment with someone or something

experiment with someone or something
experiment with someone or something
to try different experiments on someone or something; to use different people or things as key variables in an experiment. •

They are supposed to be experimenting with new drugs.

We no longer experiment with animals.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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