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PUT OUT FEELERS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does put out feelers mean?

• PUT OUT FEELERS (verb)
The verb PUT OUT FEELERS has 1 sense:

1. make some preliminary investigations or test the waters

Familiarity information: PUT OUT FEELERS used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PUT OUT FEELERS (verb)

Sense 1

put out feelers ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Make some preliminary investigations or test the waters

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "put out feelers" is one way to...):

explore (examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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