From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfeel for somebody phrasal verbSYMPATHIZEto feel sympathy for someone At the Center, the other mothers know what it’s like, and they really feel for you. → feel→ See Verb table
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feel for • And then there was nothing to do but stand up, and feel for a switch, and unpack.• In the spring of 1976 I decided to act on a need I had felt for a very long time.• And it was a strange feeling for Lois when she saw Paul do just that and never look back.• I felt for the ceramic frog in the ballet slipper.• Guilt and exhaustion is what she had felt for the next year.• He pulled out his upper right-hand desk drawer and felt for the packet of bills.• My son didn't live more than a few hours, but I can feel for the parents of that little girl.• Walk around the Tor and on the footpaths of the surrounding levels to get a feel for this legend-full land. 