Idiom
get one's feet wet
Meaning
To begin gaining experience; to tentatively try something new.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She started volunteering to get her feet wet in teaching.”
“Before investing all his savings, he wanted to get his feet wet with a small trial project.”
“Though intimidated by the world of publishing, she submitted a short story to a magazine, eager simply to get her feet wet.”
Examples
simple
“She started volunteering to get her feet wet in teaching.”
contextual
“Before investing all his savings, he wanted to get his feet wet with a small trial project.”
complex
“Though intimidated by the world of publishing, she submitted a short story to a magazine, eager simply to get her feet wet.”
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