Similar words: feeler, be cut out for, put out, put-out, touchy-feely, peeler, wheeler, traveler's check. Meaning: v. make some preliminary investigations or test the waters.
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1. They seem interested in a peace settlement and have begun putting out feelers.
2. He had already put out feelers with local employers but they hadn't been interested.
3. When vacancies occur, the office puts out feelers to the universities.
4. Their intelligence agency, the Kempeitai, put out feelers to nationalists like Ngo Dinh Diem.
5. Even if you plan to put out feelers for other jobs, dedicate yourself to vanquishing your abuser, not being a victim.
6. Dick Cheney has also put out feelers offering testimony in exchange for immunity.
7. His manager put out feelers to the concert-promotion firm AEG Live about going back on stage.
8. Gillett and Hicks hired Barclays Capital to put out feelers internationally to find a buyer.
9. But there is competition. HSBC and Standard Chartered are also reportedly angling to return(sentence dictionary), and other big banks have put out feelers.
10. HSBC and Standard Chartered are also reportedly angling to return, and other big banks have put out feelers.
11. At Celia's request, Tom, through his many contacts, had put out feelers to discover what was happening.
More similar words: feeler, be cut out for, put out, put-out, touchy-feely, peeler, wheeler, traveler's check, breast-feed, breast feeding, put forth, feel, put forward, feel out, feel for, feeling, feel low, feel bad, feel up to, feel like, feelings, feel sick, unfeeling, feelingly, feel the pinch, feel sorry for, jut out, cut out, put on, put off.