Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - trial balloon
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(trial balloons) A trial balloon is a proposal that you mention or an action that you try in order to find out other people’s reactions to it, especially if you think they are likely to oppose it. (mainly AM) They floated the trial balloon of actually cutting Social Security. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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{n.} A hint about a plan of action that is given out to find out what people will say. * /John mentioned the class presidency to Bill as a trial balloon to see if Bill might be interested in running./ * /The editorial was a trial balloon to test the public's reaction to a change in the school day./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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