"nose around" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: noses around [present, singular, third-person], nosing around [participle, present], nosed around [participle, past], nosed around [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} nose around (third-person singular simple present noses around, present participle nosing around, simple past and past participle nosed around)
  1. To snoop around; to search in a place that one shouldn't.
    Sense id: en-nose_around-en-verb-U9BnVJnR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (around)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for nose around meaning in English (1.2kB)

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