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feel for (third-person singular simple present feels for, present participle feeling for, simple past and past participle felt for)
- (idiomatic) To experience sympathy for, to sympathise with.
I feel for him: he’s lost two family members in two months.
- (idiomatic) To search for something by touching (as with one’s hand in a bag).
He felt for his purse.
1896, Stephen Wyke, The Yorkshire Cousins, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, Limited, →OCLC, page 15: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 h and into each of the pockets of his shooting-jacket, but it was not there.
Translations
to express sympathy for, to sympathise with
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