Size up
Size up verb - Look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail.
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Sasuke from Naruto does this with a hand-sized rock to try and size up the Sand village team before the start of the Chunin Exams.
Source: A Glass in the Hand -
At their suggestion, Mike decides to try the next size up... and walks off holding a Speedo that looks like it was made for a Ken doll.
Source: Barely-There Swimwear
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Try and Size up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/size_up/try
Size up & Try. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/size_up/try>.
Try or Size up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/size_up/try.
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