feelers

“I put out some feelers, and to my astonishment, they said, ‘Yeah, come along,’ ” he said.

Anyone interested in being nominated now has a small window to garner such support — and is probably already putting feelers out to delegates.

He also hopes to get the band on board, and has put out feelers.

After initially coming to Cohen’s defense, Trump washed his hands of his fixer within weeks, brushing aside Cohen’s feelers about a pardon and disavowing his legal bills.

The beloved “Sesame Street” character put feelers out into the ether Monday, the final Monday in what feels like the longest January ever, checking to see how everyone was doing with a seemingly innocuous tweet.