get one's feet wet

verb

Definitions

  1. To begin gaining experience

    To begin gaining experience; to tentatively try something new.

    • Let the new hire do that project so she can get her feet wet.
    • Why don't you try getting your feet wet on the beginner slopes.
    • Thomas barely got his feet wet at the Education Department before he was sworn in nine months later as EEOC commissioner.

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