get your feet wet

get your feet wet
Get your feet wet
If you get your feet wet, you gain your first experience of something.

The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.

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  • get your feet wet — mainly american informal phrase to start doing something for the first time This one week course offers the chance to get your feet wet. Thesaurus: to start doing something new or differentsynonym Main entry: foot * * * get your feet wet …   Useful english dictionary

  • get your feet wet — get (your) feet wet mainly American to experience something for the first time, especially something that involves taking a risk. Investors are encouraged to get their feet wet by buying just a few shares to begin with …   New idioms dictionary

  • get your feet wet — ► to start doing something new: »The company got its feet wet by taking a stand at the trader s exhibition. Main Entry: ↑foot …   Financial and business terms

  • get your feet wet —    If you get your feet wet, you gain your first experience of something.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If you get your feet wet, you start to do something new or unfamiliar or explore new territory for the first time.     It will be a… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • get your feet wet — try to do it, attempt it, try your hand at    To become a lawyer, learn the theory; then get your feet wet …   English idioms

  • Get your feet wet —   If you get your feet wet, you gain your first experience of something …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • get your feet wet — mainly American informal to start doing something for the first time This one week course offers the chance to get your feet wet …   English dictionary

  • get one's feet wet — {v. phr.}, {informal} To begin; do something for the first time. * /The party was at Bill s house and when Ruth and I got there the party had already started. Jump right in and don t be afraid to get your feet wet, said Bill./ * / It s not hard… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get one's feet wet — {v. phr.}, {informal} To begin; do something for the first time. * /The party was at Bill s house and when Ruth and I got there the party had already started. Jump right in and don t be afraid to get your feet wet, said Bill./ * / It s not hard… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get feet wet — get (your) feet wet mainly American to experience something for the first time, especially something that involves taking a risk. Investors are encouraged to get their feet wet by buying just a few shares to begin with …   New idioms dictionary

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