put someone through their paces

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To direct a horse to walk, canter, trot, etc. literally
    — She put Rosebud through his paces in the ring, and received her share of applause at the antics of the clever horse.
  2. To test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc. figuratively
    — The new fire chief really put us through our paces: we had to wash all the fire trucks and then had two different fire drills.

词形变化

puts someone through their paces present,singular,third-person putting someone through their paces participle,present put someone through their paces participle,past put someone through their paces past
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