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Lagataw Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Put out feelers

Can anybody please give me a sample dialog or situation in which somebody is putting out feelers? The dictionary definition is a bit ambiguous.

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Here is an example from the news:- Al Gore is putting out feelers for how he should act during the Senate trial of President Clinton. In a dialogue:- Do you know anyone who would be suitable for the job vacancy? No but I can put out feelers with my friends in the industry.

— LouiseT

  • Here is an example from the news:- Al Gore is putting out feelers for how he should act during the Senate trial of President Clinton.
  • In a dialogue:- Do you know anyone who would be suitable for the job vacancy?
  • No but I can put out feelers with my friends in the industry.
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Here is an example from the news:-

Al Gore is putting out feelers for how he should act during the Senate trial of President Clinton.

In a dialogue:-

Do you know anyone who would be suitable for the job vacancy?
No but I can put
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Thanks very much Louise. But I was hoping for a situation or scenario in which somebody is putting out feelers. Not really using the expression in a sentence.

How does one put out feelers? What would make me say that one is putting out feelers? Is it ever executable? or is it just the same as the unexecutable verb 'see' in I'll see if I can go to that party ? But I t
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I will try to answer your questions.

So what is Al Gore actually doing? he is consulting Senate Democrats about President Clinton's upcoming impeachment trial and what role he should play, if any. That is how he is "putting out feelers".

In the other example I gave the person who would "put out feelers in the industry" would ask people he k
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That was pretty clear!

Thank you very much Louise.
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