sound out

According to Sky News, which first reported Mr Zahawi's interest in the publications, the former chancellor has sounded out a number of financial backers for a potential bid.

Privately, he’s been sounding out Boeing suppliers and airline customers on their frustrations to get a better sense of the magnitude of the cleanup facing the company’s next leader.

Then her device’s flat staccato sounds out the raunchy rhymes of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back.”

The moment that mournful violins sound out their familiar melody, I bawl.

Identical twins sounded out “Bread and Jam for Frances” on the pink rug in the badger’s house.