feel out

English

Verb

feel out (third-person singular simple present feels out, present participle feeling out, simple past and past participle felt out)

1. (idiomatic) To attempt to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means.

   I think we should feel out your mom's thoughts about this before we decide anything.

Synonyms

• (try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something): sound out, check out

Translations

to try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something

• Icelandic: fara á fjörurnar við, leita hófanna hjá

See also

• cat tap
• query
• question
• put out feelers

Anagrams

• outfeel, outflee