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.

Feelers out, I wait eagerly for more of their stories.

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.