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feel out
Idioms and Phrases
Try cautiously or indirectly to ascertain someone's viewpoint or the nature of something. For example, We'd better feel out the author before we commit him to a publicity tour . This term alludes to physical groping. [Late 1800s] Also see take the pulse of .Example Sentences
As he often does, Alvarez started slowly to feel out his opponent.
There are Gaelic songs on the list too, including a tune by the Dubliners, none of which feels out of place or ruins the flow.
A successful career shift might feel out of reach, but it’s often closer than it seems.
The small decisions we make in our day-to-day lives can have an impact on unrelated stressful situations that feel out of our hands.
Even now Sarah says she can feel out of place in the music industry.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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