"get one's feet wet" meaning in All languages combined

See get one's feet wet on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-get one's feet wet.ogg Forms: gets one's feet wet [present, singular, third-person], getting one's feet wet [participle, present], got one's feet wet [past], got one's feet wet [UK, participle, past], gotten one's feet wet [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's feet wet}} get one's feet wet (third-person singular simple present gets one's feet wet, present participle getting one's feet wet, simple past got one's feet wet, past participle (UK) got one's feet wet or (US) gotten one's feet wet)
  1. (idiomatic) To begin gaining experience; to tentatively try something new. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: dip one's toe in the water Translations (begin gaining experience): понюхать пороху (Russian)
    Sense id: en-get_one's_feet_wet-en-verb-4kbc3P-Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's feet wet"
      },
      "expansion": "get one's feet wet (third-person singular simple present gets one's feet wet, present participle getting one's feet wet, simple past got one's feet wet, past participle (UK) got one's feet wet or (US) gotten one's feet wet)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let the new hire do that project so she can get her feet wet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Why don't you try getting your feet wet on the beginner slopes.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 September 9, Sharon LaFraniere, “Despite achievement, Thomas felt isolated”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2018-08-14:",
          "text": "Thomas barely got his feet wet at the Education Department before he was sworn in nine months later as EEOC commissioner.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 May 24, Kayla Webley, “Health and Medical Preparatory Programs”, in Time, retrieved 2018-08-14:",
          "text": "These programs, often offered by community colleges and vocational schools, can offer students a way to get their feet wet in the medical field without committing to the years of school and expertise it takes to become a doctor.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin gaining experience; to tentatively try something new."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_one's_feet_wet-en-verb-4kbc3P-Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ],
        [
          "tentative",
          "tentative"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To begin gaining experience; to tentatively try something new."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "dip one's toe in the water"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "begin gaining experience",
          "word": "понюхать пороху"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-get one's feet wet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/En-au-get_one%27s_feet_wet.ogg/En-au-get_one%27s_feet_wet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/En-au-get_one%27s_feet_wet.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get one's feet wet"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten one's feet wet",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's feet wet"
      },
      "expansion": "get one's feet wet (third-person singular simple present gets one's feet wet, present participle getting one's feet wet, simple past got one's feet wet, past participle (UK) got one's feet wet or (US) gotten one's feet wet)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "dip one's toe in the water"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Let the new hire do that project so she can get her feet wet.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Why don't you try getting your feet wet on the beginner slopes.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1991 September 9, Sharon LaFraniere, “Despite achievement, Thomas felt isolated”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2018-08-14:",
          "text": "Thomas barely got his feet wet at the Education Department before he was sworn in nine months later as EEOC commissioner.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 May 24, Kayla Webley, “Health and Medical Preparatory Programs”, in Time, retrieved 2018-08-14:",
          "text": "These programs, often offered by community colleges and vocational schools, can offer students a way to get their feet wet in the medical field without committing to the years of school and expertise it takes to become a doctor.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin gaining experience; to tentatively try something new."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ],
        [
          "tentative",
          "tentative"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To begin gaining experience; to tentatively try something new."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-get one's feet wet.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1a/En-au-get_one%27s_feet_wet.ogg/En-au-get_one%27s_feet_wet.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/En-au-get_one%27s_feet_wet.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "begin gaining experience",
      "word": "понюхать пороху"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get one's feet wet"
}

Download raw JSONL data for get one's feet wet meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (9a96ef4 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.