put someone through their paces

verb2

1. •
   To direct a horse to walk, canter, trot, etc.

   • She put Rosebud through his paces in the ring, and received her share of applause at the antics of the clever horse. — 1916
2. •
   (figurative) To test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc.

   • 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.
   • When I test-drove the new car, the salesman let me take it out to the freeway to put it through its paces.