"feel out" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feels out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feeling out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "feel<,,felt> out"
      },
      "expansion": "feel out (third-person singular simple present feels out, present participle feeling out, simple past and past participle felt out)",
      "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": "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I think we should feel out your mom's thoughts about this before we decide anything."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attempt to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means."
      ],
      "id": "en-feel_out-en-verb-KwvKt1rx",
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "ascertain",
          "ascertain"
        ],
        [
          "point of view",
          "point of view"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "cautious",
          "cautious"
        ],
        [
          "subtle",
          "subtle"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To attempt to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "cat tap"
        },
        {
          "word": "query"
        },
        {
          "word": "question"
        },
        {
          "word": "put out feelers"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something",
          "word": "sound out"
        },
        {
          "sense": "try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something",
          "word": "check out"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something",
          "word": "fara á fjörurnar við"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something",
          "word": "leita hófanna hjá"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feel out"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feels out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feeling out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "felt out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "feel<,,felt> out"
      },
      "expansion": "feel out (third-person singular simple present feels out, present participle feeling out, simple past and past participle felt out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cat tap"
    },
    {
      "word": "query"
    },
    {
      "word": "question"
    },
    {
      "word": "put out feelers"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (out)",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I think we should feel out your mom's thoughts about this before we decide anything."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attempt to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "ascertain",
          "ascertain"
        ],
        [
          "point of view",
          "point of view"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "cautious",
          "cautious"
        ],
        [
          "subtle",
          "subtle"
        ],
        [
          "means",
          "means"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To attempt to ascertain a person's point of view, or the nature of a situation, by cautious and subtle means."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something",
      "word": "sound out"
    },
    {
      "sense": "try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something",
      "word": "check out"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something",
      "word": "fara á fjörurnar við"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to try to ascertain a point of view or the nature of something",
      "word": "leita hófanna hjá"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feel out"
}