sound sb out
— phrasal verb with sound uk/saʊnd/us/saʊnd/verb
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?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- interrogate
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- roll call
- third
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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