tüp izlerge
/typ izlerɡe/
Literal translation
to look for the bottom
Intended meaning
To try to find out what someone is keeping to themselves; to sound a person out.
- Ol barğan bılaytın ozğan bolur edi, kim biledi, – dep, Hasan ulu Qaradan tüp izledi."Whoever he is, he must have come past this way, who knows," said Hasan's son, sounding Kara out.
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- Къарачай-малкъар тилни фразеология ангылатма сёзлюгю (2017), p. 473