FEEL AROUND (FOR SOMEONE OR SOMETHING)

feel around (for someone or something): translation

feel around (for someone or something) & feel about (for someone or something)

to try to find someone or something by feel [rather than sight]. •

He felt around for the soap in the bathtub.

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She felt about for the dog at the foot of the bed, but it wasn't there.

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Gerald felt about for a pencil.