FEEL OUT

[ʹfi:lʹaʋt] phr v

{v.} To talk or act carefully with someone and find what he thinks or can do. * /The pupils felt out the principal about a party after the game./ * /John felt out his father about letting him have the car that evening./ * /At first the boxers felt each other out./ Compare: SOUND OUT.

{v.} To talk or act carefully with someone and find what he thinks or can do. * /The pupils felt out the principal about a party after the game./ * /John felt out his father about letting him have the car that evening./ * /At first the boxers felt each other out./ Compare: SOUND OUT.

feel out
[ʹfi:lʹaʋt] phr v
1) выпускать щупальце (о животном)
2) выведывать, разузнавать
to ~ the situation - прозондировать почву

фраз. гл. выяснять чье-л. мнение Could you feel the director out on the question of the new appointments? — Ты не можешь узнать, что директор думает насчет новых назначений?

feel out выяснять чье-л. мнение Could you feel the director out on thequestion of the new appointments?

(v.phr.) прощупать;зондировать

прощупать; прозондировать

выведывать, разузнать