From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtest driveˈtest drive noun [countable] TTCan occasion when you drive a car so that you can decide if you want to buy it —test-drive verb [transitive]
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test drive• And he took me out in it for a test drive.• Have a word with your Mazda dealer and take a test drive down memory lane.• Or even better, visit your Peugeot dealer and take a test drive in the new Peugeot 605.• The game demo lets you take a test drive.• A test drive should convince you that Mazda are going places.• But it couldn't cope with John's test drive.From Longman Business Dictionarytest-driveˈtest-drive (also test drive) noun [countable] an occasion when someone, especially a customer, drives a car to find out whether they want to buy itMore auto shoppers are taking extended test drives by renting, perhaps for a weekend, the models they are considering buying. —test-drive verb [transitive]Visit our car show rooms and test-drive any new car. 