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to discover informally what someone thinks or intends to do about a particular thing, so that you can be prepared or take suitable action: Perhaps you could sound the chairwoman out before the meeting, to see which way she's going to vote? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Questioning people & asking questions in general.
Traduzioni in contesto per "sounding out" in inglese-italiano da Reverso Context: And we have been tasked with sounding out a possible alternative.
sound [sb] out vtr phrasal sep: figurative, informal (elicit the opinion of) sentire il parere di [qlcn] vtr : I wonder what Jason thinks of the plan? We should sound him out. Cosa penserà Jason del progetto? Dovremmo sentire il suo parere. sound [sb] out about [sth] v expr: figurative, informal (elicit [sb] 's opinion about [sth])
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If you sound someone out, you question them in order to find out what their opinion is about something. He is sounding out governments in the region on ways to resolve the conflict. [ VERB PARTICLE noun ]
to try to find out from somebody what they think about something, often in an indirect way. I wanted to sound him out about a job. They decided to sound out her interest in the project.
6 giorni fa · We have a phrase that is about trying to find out what someone thinks – often without them knowing – it’s ‘sound out’. Feifei ‘Sound out’. How do we use it? Phil
