shake down (?.)
- assay
- badger
- blackmail
- bring to test
- comb
- confirm
- cut and try
- essay
- exact
- experiment
- extort
- fan
- force from
- frisk
- give a try
- give a tryout
- gouge
- have a go
- levy blackmail
- look all over
- look everywhere
- pinch
- play around with
- practice upon
- prove
- pry loose from
- put to trial
- rake
- ransack
- rend
- rend from
- research
- rifle
- rip
- rip from
- road-test
- rummage
- run a sample
- sample
- scour
- screw
- search high heaven
- shake
- snatch from
- squeeze
- substantiate
- taste
- tear from
- test
- toss
- try
- try it on
- try out
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- validate
- verify
- wrench
- wrench from
- wrest
- wring
- wring from