"nose about" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: noses about [present, singular, third-person], nosing about [participle, present], nosed about [participle, past], nosed about [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} nose about (third-person singular simple present noses about, present participle nosing about, simple past and past participle nosed about)
  1. To snoop around; to search in a place that one shouldn't
    Sense id: en-nose_about-en-verb-VndJXWiH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (about)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for nose about meaning in English (1.0kB)

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