try on

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === try on (third-person singular simple present tries on, present participle trying on, simple past and past participle tried on) (transitive) To test the look or fit of (a garment) by wearing it. Coordinate term: try out c. 1601, Gervase Markham, The Dumb Knight, London: John Bache, 1608, Act III,[1] Fore God it is a delicate fine suite, rich stuffe, rare worke, and of the newest fashion; nay if the Senats businesse were neuer so hasty, I will stay to try it on, come, help good wenches helpe, so there, there there. (transitive, slang) To attempt; to undertake. Coordinate terms: try, try out ==== Usage notes ==== In sense 1, it is a separable phrasal verb ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Tyron