feel one's way

English

Verb

feel one's way (third-person singular simple present feels one's way, present participle feeling one's way, simple past and past participle felt one's way)

1. To proceed by touch rather than sight; to feel around.
2. (idiomatic) To do by guesswork, erring on the side of caution.

   Synonym: fly blind

Translations

to proceed by touch rather than sight

• Italian: andare a tentoni

Further reading

• “feel one's way”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “feel one's way”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “feel one's way”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “feel your way”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “feel your way” (US) / “feel your way” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “feel one's way”, in Collins English Dictionary.