Sekirov Dictionary

try-on

noun 2
try on verb 2
forms 4

noun2

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The act, or a session, of trying on clothing.
- All try-ons should be conducted before the lineup begins lo be sure the clothes or accessories fit properly. All participants should be dressed the same. — 2009
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(slang) An attempt to "try it on", to see whether somebody can be duped.
- But just about there the Highway took a twist that put a stop to any more of these try-on pranks[.] — 1936

try on verb2

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To test the look or fit of (a garment) by wearing it.
- Who is this fellow, Corinna? Some journeyman taylor, I suppose, who chuses to try on the gentleman’s cloaths before he carries them home— — 1763
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(slang) To attempt; to undertake.
- He could have feigned noncomprehension, but with Lanyon one didn’t try anything on. — 1953

forms

tried on · trying on · tries on · try-ons

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