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Feel out   /fil aʊt/   Listen
Feel out

verb
1.
Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions.  Synonyms: check out, sound out.






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"Feel out" Quotes from Famous Books



... wrist tingle, went to her room, where she locked herself up, and did not come out again till evening,—old Sophy having brought her food, and set it down, not speaking, but looking into her eyes inquiringly, like a dumb beast trying to feel out his master's will in his face. The evening was clear and the moon shining. As Dick sat at his chamber-window, looking at the mountain-side, he saw a gray-dressed figure flit between the trees and steal along the narrow path that led upward. Elsie's pillow was impressed that night, but ...
— Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 • Various



Words linked to "Feel out" :   query, question



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