put someone through their paces (English, verb)
expansion: put someone through their paces (third-person singular simple present puts someone through their paces, present participle putting someone through their paces, simple past and past participle put someone through their paces)
Senses:
topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: To direct a horse to walk, canter, trot, etc.
tags: literally
glosses: To test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: puts someone through their paces
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting someone through their paces
tags: participle
present
form: put someone through their paces
tags: participle
past
form: put someone through their paces
tags: past