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Idiom

feel one's way

Meaning

To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I am new here and still feeling my way.”

“Since this is my first time managing a large project, I am feeling my way through the initial stages.”

“Without a clear map or instructions, the explorers had to feel their way across the dark, unfamiliar terrain with extreme caution.”

Examples

simple

“I am new here and still feeling my way.”

contextual

“Since this is my first time managing a large project, I am feeling my way through the initial stages.”

complex

“Without a clear map or instructions, the explorers had to feel their way across the dark, unfamiliar terrain with extreme caution.”

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