make (clothes) smaller | put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks nice |
take into one's family | melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities |
take up mentally | take a sample of |
fool or hoax | test the limits of |
serve oneself to, or consume regularly | give pain or trouble to |
take up as if with a sponge | make an effort or attempt |
fold up | put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to |
express willingness to have in one's home or environs | examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process |
accept | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of |
take in, also metaphorically | |
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | |
see or watch | |
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | |
call for and obtain payment of | |
visit for entertainment | |
provide with shelter | |
suck or take up or in | |