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прощупать vstresses
gen. feel; detect (by feeling); palpate; touch; work out (в контексте Рина Грант); feel someone's pulse (кого-либо Anglophile)
Gruzovik probe (pf of прощупывать); palpate (pf of прощупывать); touch (pf of прощупывать); detect by feeling (pf of прощупывать)
fig. feel the pulse; sound (out); reconnoiter
Gruzovik, mil. prod (pf of прощупывать; mine detection)
idiom. put out feelers (также в форме "put (some) feelers out" Andrey Truhachev); put out a feeler (I hesitated to ask him directly. I didn't want to hurt his feelings. So I put out a feeler. ART Vancouver)
slang feel out
"прощупать" v
Makarov. put someone through his facings (подвергнуть испытанию; кого-либо); put someone through his facings (кого-либо)
прощупаться v
gen. detect (by feeling); feel; palpate; probe; touch; be detected (by feeling)
Gruzovik be detected by feeling (pf of прощупываться)
fig. sound (out); reconnoiter
прощупать: 22 phrases in 9 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
Business1
Figurative1
Figure of speech1
General9
Informal3
Makarov3
Military2
Oil / petroleum1