Feel out In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "feel out", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-09-15 10:09

Meaning of Feel out

Feel out phrase

A noun or pronoun can be used between "feel" and "out."

To make an indirect and careful attempt to know someone's opinion or the nature of something.

 

I will feel my mom out to see if she allows me to go with you or not.

We'd better feel out the company before we invest in it.

To carefully move one's arms and legs around to find a path out of or to somewhere because one can't see anything.
 

When I saw a blind man feeling out a path to cross the road, I came and helped him.

I was so scared when I touched something hairy while feeling out my way through the basement.

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To try to discover or understand the true facts about a situation before taking any action

have scales fall from (one's) eyes

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find one out

1. To discover that someone has wrong or deceptive actions

2. To realize that someone is no longer at home

suss out

1. To discover or understand something.
2. To study and give a judgement about someone/something.
 

Grammar and Usage of Feel out

Verb Forms

  • feeling out
  • felt out

The verb "feel" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Feel out

This phrase dates from the late 1800s.

The Origin Cited: Internet .
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