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• Tasted
• Assayed
• Sampled, as soup
• Had a go at
• Tested out
• Gave one's best shot
• True companion
• Had a spoonful of
• Brought before the bench
• Took a whack at
• Took a shot at
• Tried the soup
• Took one's best shot
• Had a taste of
• Took a crack at