English Vocabulary

  sight unseen (to buy or accept something without seeing it first) Many people buy things online, sight unseen. Some guy was willing to buy my bicycle sight unseen.   envocabulary.com

  know someone by sight (to recognize someone by appearance) I’ve never spoken to her. I only know her by sight. I know most of my neighbors by sight. I have never met them.   envocabulary.com

  feel up  informal (to touch someone for sexual pleasure) Some guy felt me up on the Metro last night. They’ve been going out for five months, but he hasn’t ever tried to feel her up.   envocabulary.com

  feel out  informal (to ask someone’s opinion about something in an indirect way) Let me feel out my parents and see if they’ll let me go out with him. Why don’t you feel him out about letting you have the car?   envocabulary.com

  feel for (to feel sympathy for; be sorry for) I really feel for people who suffer from health problems. I’ve had a similar unhappy experience myself, so I do feel for him. envocabulary.com