float an idea



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
See also: float, idea

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tuule-Estonian
PhilippaFIL-i-pə (English), fi-LIP-ə (English)English (British), German
Secundus-Ancient Roman
Coty-English (Modern)
ÖDÖN-Hungarian
Ekrem-Turkish