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Jimmy Hung
2019-10-01 12:10
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.
To encounter or catch someone who is doing something that they are not prepared for and that reveals something embarrassing or shocking about them
To try to discover or understand the true facts about a situation before taking any action
After a long time of not knowing or being misled about something, you finally realize the truth about it
1. To discover that someone has wrong or deceptive actions
2. To realize that someone is no longer at home
1. To discover or understand something.
2. To study and give a judgement about someone/something.
The verb "feel" must be conjugated according to its tense.
This phrase dates from the late 1800s.
Do you see anything wrong?
Children or adults often say this phrase to get their friends to join in something, especially to jump into a swimming pool (pond, lake, etc.)
“Last one in is a rotten egg!” yelled Jane, jumping into the pool.
