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Trial Balloon

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Noun

1. trial balloon

a test of public opinion

2. trial balloon

a balloon sent up to test air currents

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Trial Balloon

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noun

a tentative action or statement designed to test public opinion on a controversial matter

Compare ballon d'essai

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Trial Balloon

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1.

pilot balloon

2.

any action, statement, etc. intended to test public opinion on an issue

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Trial Balloon

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n.

An idea or a plan advanced tentatively to test the reactions of other people.

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