put out feelersFIND OUTto carefully try to discover what people think about something that you want to do 试探 They seem interested in a peace settlement and have begun putting out feelers. 他们似乎有意达成和平协议,并且已经开始在探风了。
put out feelers• Their intelligence agency, the Kempeitai, put out feelers to nationalists like Ngo Dinh Diem.
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