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acid test
noun
- a severe and conclusive test to establish quality, genuineness, worth, etc.
acid test
noun
- a rigorous and conclusive test to establish worth or value
the play passed the critic's acid test
Word History and Origins
Origin of acid test1
Word History and Origins
Origin of acid test1
Idioms and Phrases
A decisive trial to determine worth or quality, as in Exposure to brilliant sunlight is the acid test for showing this fabric won't fade . Alluding to a 19th-century chemical test for distinguishing gold from other metals, this term was used figuratively by the early 1900s.Example Sentences
One senior source says, “no return to some form of austerity, that is the acid test – we all understand the inheritance, but there are different ways of raising money”.
But an acid test lies in wait for Celtic against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.
It is this issue of pinch points which will be the acid test of the VAT policy in Edinburgh.
Lactic acid tests have a number of important applications.
The machine might even put supersymmetry to the acid test.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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