Try it on

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To test someone to see how much bad behaviour they will tolerate; to try to deceive someone to see how gullible they are. colloquial, idiomatic

    "“Come, come,” said James, putting his hand to his nose and winking at his cousin with a pair of vinous eyes, “no jokes, old boy; no trying it on on me. You want to trot me out, but it’s no go. In vino veritas, old boy […]”"

  2. 2
    To try to start a sexual relationship (with someone). colloquial, idiomatic

    "“[…] Tell her I’ll be outside the house from eleven o’clock onwards. Tell her to leave the morning-room window open and to switch on the light in her bedroom when it’s safe for me to come in.” “She won’t believe me if I go and tell her that,” I said. “No girl would. She’d think I was trying it on.”"

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