feel one's way

feel one's way
   дeйcтвoвaть ocтopoжнo, ocмoтpитeльнo; пpoщупывaть пoчву [букв. пpoбиpaтьcя oщупью]
    I won't ask him directly to lend me his car. I'll feel my way first. It was the first training scheme of its kind and we would have to feel our way carefully to avoid unforeseen difficulties

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  • feel one's way — grope, fumble, find one s way with the hands or sense of touch; progress intuitively or through trial and error …   English contemporary dictionary

  • feel one's way — {v. phr.} To proceed cautiously by trial and error; probe. * /I won t ask her to marry me directly; I will feel my way first./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • feel one's way — {v. phr.} To proceed cautiously by trial and error; probe. * /I won t ask her to marry me directly; I will feel my way first./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • feel\ one's\ way — v. phr. To proceed cautiously by trial and error; probe. I won t ask her to marry me directly; I will feel my way first …   Словарь американских идиом

  • grope one's way — feel one s way, guess one s way; proceed by trial and error, proceed uncertainly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • feel one's oats — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To feel frisky or playful; be eager and excited. * /The horses were feeling their oats./ * /When they first got to camp, the boys were feeling their oats./ 2. To act in a proud or important way. * /The new gardener was… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • feel one's oats — {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To feel frisky or playful; be eager and excited. * /The horses were feeling their oats./ * /When they first got to camp, the boys were feeling their oats./ 2. To act in a proud or important way. * /The new gardener was… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • feel\ one's\ oats — v. phr. slang 1. To feel frisky or playful; be eager and excited. The horses were feeling their oats. When they first got to camp, the boys were feeling their oats. 2. To act in a proud or important way. The new gardener was feeling his oats and… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • feel — [fēl] vt. felt, feeling [ME felen < OE felan, akin to Ger fühlen & L palpare, to stroke < ? IE base * pel , to fly, flutter, cause to tremble > OE fīfealde, Ger falter, butterfly] 1. to touch or handle in order to become aware of;… …   English World dictionary

  • To bring one on one's way — Bring Bring, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bringing}.] [OE. bringen, AS. bringan; akin to OS. brengian, D. brengen, Fries. brenga, OHG. bringan, G. bringen, Goth. briggan.] 1. To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • see one's way clear to — (informal) To feel that one will be able to • • • Main Entry: ↑see …   Useful english dictionary


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