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send up a trial balloon

send up a trial balloon

to suggest something and see how people respond to it; to test public opinion. Mary had an excellent idea, but when we sent up a trial balloon, the response was very negative. Don't start the whole project without sending up a trial balloon.
See also: balloon, send, trial, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DentonDEN-tənEnglish
Narendra-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu
Enrica-Italian
Nicola (2)NIK-ə-lə (English)German, Czech, English
KreŠImir-Croatian
Tiago-Portuguese
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