practice on

practice (up)on someone or something

to train or drill on someone or something. (In preparation for the real thing. Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.) I do not want a dental student practicing upon me. I want to learn how to braid hair. Can I practice on you?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Maeleth	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Bakarne	-	Basque
Erika	e-REE-kah (Swedish, Norwegian), E-ree-kah (Finnish, German), ER-i-kə (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, English, Italian
Lalitha	-	Tamil, Indian, Malayalam, Telugu
Annelie	AH-ne-lee (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Eric	ER-ik (English)	English, Swedish, German, Spanish