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DictionarySeewingtry wings
try (one's) wings (out)To use a skill that one has only just learned. Now that I'm a licensed driver, it's time for me to try my wings and hit the open road! Go ahead, try your wings out—I want to see the new move.See also: try, wingtry one's wings (out)Fig. to try to do something one has recently become qualified to do. (Fig. on the image of a young bird trying to fly.) I recently learned to snorkel, and I want to go to the seaside to try my wings. You've read about it enough. It's time to try out your wings.See also: try, wingtry square
try square[′trī ‚skwer] (engineering) An instrument consisting of two straightedges secured at right angles to each other, used for laying off right angles and testing whether work is square. try square  try square A square whose legs are fixed at 90°; serves as a guide for marking lines at right angles to an edge or surface, as a scale for laying out work, and as a tool for testing the straightness and/or squareness of edges, faces, etc. |