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Try cautiously or indirectly to ascertain someone's viewpoint or the nature of something. For example, We'd better feel out the author before we commit him to a publicity tour. This term alludes to physical groping. [Late 1800s] Also see take the pulse of.

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Before long, however, he began to feel out of place and went back downstairs for a while to chat up the cook.
‘I Saved My Friend From Bill Cosby’|Lloyd Grove|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She had dropped her flashlight and had to feel out with her hands along the damp earth until she found it.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O|Clair Blank
Aunt Jane's arguments seemed over-ruled in such a pleasant yet decisive manner that she began to feel out-generaled.
Helen Grant's Schooldays|Amanda M. Douglas
Ella would feel out of place in the minister's parlor, that was all.
The Foolish Virgin|Thomas Dixon

Bob really had a good head for machinery though, and now he was beginning to feel out his path.
Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham
We did not feel out of our place in being present, and I trust it may have its use both on ourselves and others.
Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel|John Yeardley

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