What does 'to try something out' mean?

[angiela]

Test No. incompl/elem-17 "White Water Rafting", question 4

Really, then it's about time you tried it ..........

(a) in
(b) out
(c) on

Test No. incompl/elem-17 "White Water Rafting", answer 4

Really, then it's about time you tried it out.

Correct answer: (b) out

Your answer was: incorrect
Really, then it's about time you tried it in.
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why tried it out?

angiela

[Alan]

This means experience something, usually for the first time.
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[Torsten]

Hi Angie,

You might want to take a look at this post, too: Try out vs. dry out

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[Simon]

Hi,

Could you explain to me what a word about means in this sentence?

Yours sincerely,
Simon

[Torsten]

Hi Simon,

It's about time is a set phrase that used when something should be done immediately or something should have been done already. Please, also take a look at this: Difference between 'on time' and 'about time'

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[Snoopy_Blah_Blah]

Hello!

Really, then it's about time you tried it out.

Why do we use tried and not try here?

[Lost_Soul]

the clause is it's (about, high) time I(he, she, whatever) + past simple
You have to just memorize it

[Snoopy_Blah_Blah]

Thank you very much for the explanation, lost-soul. I didn't know that such a clause existed.

[Conchita]

[Maryann]

Can the sentence "it's about time us to have a snack" be equated to the sentence "it's high time us to have a snack"?
Thanks beforehand for a reply :)

Maryann

[Alan]

Hi Maryann,

The two expressions would be written: It's about time for us to have a snack or It's about time we had a snack.
It's high time for us to have a snack or It's high time we had a snack. I would suggest that the second version in both expressions is more common.

The difference is that 'high time we had' suggests that we really must have a snack and 'about time we had' suggests it would be a very good idea to have a snack. In other words 'high time' is more urgent/pressing than 'about time.'

Alan
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[Maryann]

Thanks a lot, Alan, for explanation. I got it :)

[Tatiana Sto]

why can't I use try on here?or is it about clothes only?

[Livia Mackie]

What is the name in grammar of the small and annoying words like: up, out, off. I never know how to use properly. Check out... Take off... take over... get up....get out.... where can I find out (here we go...an example) an explanation and examples about that?

[Maryann]

Hi, Livia. The name of those small and annoing words is PREPOSITIONS. In combination with verbs they are called Phrasal Verbs. You can easily find hundreds of such dictionaries on i-net with detailed explanation. Here is the link to one of them.

Go on and good-luck!

Maryann