{v. phr.}, {informal} To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. * /He put his new car through its paces./ * /Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first months of his term./
PUT THROUGH ONE'S PACES
Meaning of PUT THROUGH ONE'S PACES in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012