"tastare il terreno" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Italian]

Forms: tastàre il terreno [canonical], tàsto il terreno [first-person, present, singular], tastài il terreno [first-person, historic, past, singular], tastàto il terreno [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to test the terrain”. Compare French tâter le terrain. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to test the terrain}} “to test the terrain”, {{lit|to test the terrain}} Literally, “to test the terrain”, {{cog|fr|tâter le terrain}} French tâter le terrain Head templates: {{it-verb|a/à}} tastàre il terreno (first-person singular present tàsto il terreno, first-person singular past historic tastài il terreno, past participle tastàto il terreno, auxiliary avére)
  1. to test the waters; to put out feelers
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