The pupils felt out the principal about a party after the game.
John felt out his father about letting him have the car that evening.
At first the boxers felt each other out.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
feel out — feel (someone) out to try to find out someone s opinions or thoughts without being obvious. Why don t you feel them out to see if they ll invite me too? I need time to feel out the boss before asking for more money … New idioms dictionary
feel out — index peruse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
feel out — verb try to learn someone s opinions and intentions I have to sound out the new professor • Syn: ↑check out, ↑sound out • Hypernyms: ↑question, ↑query • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
feel out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms feel out : present tense I/you/we/they feel out he/she/it feels out present participle feeling out past tense felt out past participle felt out informal to try to discover in a careful or indirect way what a… … English dictionary
feel out — verb to cautiously try to ascertain a persons point of view or the nature of a situation by subtle means I think we should feel out your moms thoughts about this before we decide anything. Syn: sound out, check out … Wiktionary
feel out — talk or act carefully with someone and find out what he thinks I will try and feel out my boss this weekend and see what he thinks of my chance of promotion … Idioms and examples
feel out — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To test the attitude of: probe, sound3 (out). Idioms: put out feelers, send up a trial balloon. See INVESTIGATE. II verb See feel … English dictionary for students
feel out — {v.} To talk or act carefully with someone and find what he thinks or can do. * /The pupils felt out the principal about a party after the game./ * /John felt out his father about letting him have the car that evening./ * /At first the boxers… … Dictionary of American idioms
feel out — {v.} To talk or act carefully with someone and find what he thinks or can do. * /The pupils felt out the principal about a party after the game./ * /John felt out his father about letting him have the car that evening./ * /At first the boxers… … Dictionary of American idioms
feel out of place — {v. phr.} To experience the sensation of not belonging in a certain place or company. * /Dave felt out of place among all those chess players as he knows nothing about chess./ … Dictionary of American idioms
