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test the waters

To explore or probe, as before making a commitment.
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Taking classes in a subject is a good way to test the waters and explore a potential career.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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probar las aguas

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  • junemoonchild
    junemoonchild
    He said that he had tested the waters of human being...and that he was literally not a man, but that he was "nothing".
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