put out feelers

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put out (some) feelers (on someone or something)

to arrange to find out about something in an indirect manner. I put out some feelers on Betty to try and find out what is going on. I will put out feelers on what's going on with June.

See also: out, put

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Not that I'm implying managers ever put out feelers or jostle for position when one of their own seems on the brink of the chop. Good queue lining up for Hull City job by The Mirror (London, England) Perez put out feelers for Gerrard in January even before he returned as Real Madrid president to see if he would be prepared to sign for Madrid. Gerrard Real Madrid's top target next summer by Asian News International A promise, you have been made in your career, is unlikely to come off as you had hoped, and you would be wise to put out feelers elsewhere. Your Stars by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)			put off the track put on a brave face put on a front put on a pedestal put on airs put on an act put on hold put on ice put on paper put on the cuff put on the dog put on the map put on the shelf put on the spot put on the street put on weight put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in place put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one through paces put oneself out put out a warrant put out feelers put out of put out of mind put out of misery put out of the way put out to pasture put over knee put over the top put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together put people's heads together put plainly put pressure on put right put roots down put shirt on put shoulder to the wheel put some creature out of its misery put some distance between put some teeth into put teeth into Put that in your pipe and smoke it! put the arm on put the bite on			put one over put one through paces put one’s case put one’s mind to put one’s trust in put one’s veto to put one’s veto upon put oneself in else's shoes put oneself out put oneself out put option put option put option put option Put options Put options put or an animal out put our heads together put our heads together put our heads together put our heads together put out put out put out put out put out put out put out put out a warrant put out at interest put out feelers put out of put out of action put out of combat put out of commission put out of countenance put out of house by legal process put out of joint put out of matrimony put out of mind put out of mind put out of mind put out of mind put out of mind put out of misery put out of place put out of possession put out of sight put out of the way put out of the way put out of their misery put out of their misery put out of wedlock put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to pasture put out to sea put out to sea put out to sea put out to sea

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