feel one's way

Idioms  

1. Proceed cautiously, as in Until we know who we're dealing with, we'll have to feel our way. This expression alludes to groping by touch when one is unable to see. [Early 1600s] Also see feel for, def. 1.

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Example Sentences

If but a friendly hint be thrown, 'Tis easier then to feel one's way.

From Faust — Part 1 by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

"It's all very well, I daresay," said she; "but one should feel one's way."

From The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm by Trollope, Anthony

If but a friendly hint be thrown, 'Tis easier than to feel one's way.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Francke, Kuno

A month is too short a time in which to feel one's way in London.

From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Machen, Arthur

It is impossible now to feel one's way along all the threads which Pitt held in his hands.

From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland