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"form": "feels one's way",
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},
{
"form": "feeling one's way",
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"participle",
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},
{
"form": "felt one's way",
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]
},
{
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]
}
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}
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"To proceed by touch rather than sight; to feel around."
],
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to proceed by touch rather than sight",
"word": "andare a tentoni"
}
]
},
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"To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution."
],
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"erring on the side of",
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"caution"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution."
],
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"word": "fly blind"
}
],
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}
],
"word": "feel one's way"
}
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"form": "felt one's way",
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"To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution."
],
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{
"word": "fly blind"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to proceed by touch rather than sight",
"word": "andare a tentoni"
}
],
"word": "feel one's way"
}
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