Put out feelers

The phrase “Put out feelers” means to try to discover what people think about something that you might do without being too obvious.

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From TV shows, movies and novels

Bold and the Beautiful

Patrick Duffy(Stephen Logan) used the phrase “Put out feelers” while talking to Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) in the popular TV show “Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

24

James Morrison(Bill Buchanan) used the phrase “Put out feelers” while talking to Sean Astin(Lynn McGill) in the  fifth season, episode 8 of the popular TV show “24″ as shown below:

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Tags: Jack Wagner, Nick Marone, The Bold & the Beautiful