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trial balloon definition

☆ trial balloon

  1. pilot balloon
  2. any action, statement, etc. intended to test public opinion on an issue

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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