try-out

Verb

(third-person singular simple present tries out, present participle trying out, simple past and past participle tried out)

To test something in order to see if it works.
(intransitive) To undergo a test before being selected; to audition.
If you want to play varsity, you'll have to try out for the team.
We're trying out for the parts of Romeo and Juliet.

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Former Idol runner-up, Clay Aiken, performed a duet with an Idol contestant hopeful, who didn't make it past the auditions, but was remembered for channeling Aiken during his try-out.
Although she turned down a chance to audition in person because she was performing in a high school play on the same day, producers allowed her to try-out by video.
That will probably mean going along to a try-out, at which you'll be put through your moves and formally assessed.

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