Daily life

try something out

test or use something

To try something out means to use or test it to see how it works or whether you like it.

B1 very common mostly spoken

phrasal verb

Hear it in real life

Is that your new bike?

Yes, I am going to try it out this weekend.

Play the conversation

I want to try the new coffee machine out before I decide whether to buy it.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: try out it

Say: try it out

When the object is a pronoun, it goes between “try” and “out.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

try something out; try out something; try it out

Your turn: say it out loud

I want to try the new coffee machine out before I decide whether to buy it.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

try something out

test or use something

“I want to try the new coffee machine out before I decide whether to buy it.”

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