To 'get your feet wet' means to gain some initial experience or to begin participating in an activity.
The idiom 'to get your feet wet' means to gain some initial experience of something.
| Idiom | to get your feet wet |
|---|---|
| Definition | to experience something for the first time; to get used to something |
| Examples | - I know it will be difficult at first, but you'll just have to get your feet wet. - Once I had got my feet wet, things didn't seem so bad after all. - I got my feet wet in college, writing instructions for the students using the computer labs. - "We were trying to give him an opportunity to get his feet wet," Wisconsin defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove said of Aiello. |
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