see how the land lies

[see how the land lies] {v. phr.}, {informal} To reconnoiter; investigate.

* /Before going there in person to ask for a job, you had better see how the land lies and who does what./

Compare: CASE THE JOINT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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