through one's paces

See: PUT THROUGH ONE'S PACES.

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put through one's paces

[put through one's paces] {v. phr.}, {informal} To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

put one through one's paces

[put one through one's paces] {v. phr.} To train and discipline someone; test one's abilities. * /The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

pace

[pace] See: [CHANGE OF PACE], [KEEP PACE], [PUT THROUGH ONE'S PACES], [SNAIL'S PACE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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