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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
Sense 1
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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