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Try out meaning

Try out is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to compete for membership of a team or a role in a play.

Past simple
tried out
Past participle
tried out
-ing form
trying out

What try out means

compete for roleB2

To compete for membership of a team or a role in a play

More than fifty students tried out for the school production.

1 more meaning of try out is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With try: try on.

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.

Common questions

What does try out mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to compete for membership of a team or a role in a play. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of try out?

Tried out, which is also its past participle.

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