"feel one's way" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: feels one's way [present, singular, third-person], feeling one's way [participle, present], felt one's way [participle, past], felt one's way [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|feel<,,felt> one's way}} feel one's way (third-person singular simple present feels one's way, present participle feeling one's way, simple past and past participle felt one's way)
  1. To proceed by touch rather than sight; to feel around. Translations (to proceed by touch rather than sight): andare a tentoni (Italian)
    Sense id: en-feel_one's_way-en-verb-PUqmoZwW Disambiguation of 'to proceed by touch rather than sight': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: fly blind
    Sense id: en-feel_one's_way-en-verb-LN0ccIlS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81

Inflected forms

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