Meaning of feel for | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To experience sympathy for, to sympathise with.
   idiomatic
2. To search for something by touching (as with one’s hand in a bag).
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“I feel for him: he’s lost two family members in two months.”

“He felt for his purse.”

“Harry felt for his purse in his left-hand trousers pocket, but it was not there. He then tried his right-hand trousers pocket, but it was not there. He then tested the left hand pocket of his vest, but it was not there. He then explored the right-hand pocket of his vest, but it was not there. He then darted a hand into each of the pockets of his shooting-jacket, but it was not there.”

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