float an idea

to suggest something informally to see if people accept it or are interested in it The mayor originally floated the idea, and it was quickly taken up by a number of city agencies.

Related vocabulary: test the waters

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Prachi	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Miska	MEES-kah (Finnish)	Hungarian, Finnish
Sofia	zo-FEE-ah (German), so-FEE-ah (Italian), soo-FEE-ə (Portuguese), SO-fee-ah (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish, Estonian, Slovak, Romanian
Purcell	['pə:sl]
Bernd	BERNT	German
Gisilbert	-	Ancient Germanic