test out

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To try or experiment with (something or someone) in order to see if it works, is true, or is successful.
2. 2
   To explore (something one has little experience with), especially to do so in a safe environment.
3. 3
   To explore how (someone) responds to something; To feel someone out.
4. 4
   To demonstrate a certain result in a test, especially a successful result.
5. 5
   To pass a placement test that enables one to avoid taking a course.

Noun

1. 1
   A trial; an experiment to see how or whether something works; the act of testing something out.
2. 2
   A placement test that allows someone to skip a course.