"stick one's nose in" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sticks one's nose in [present, singular, third-person], sticking one's nose in [participle, present], stuck one's nose in [participle, past], stuck one's nose in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|stick<,,stuck> one's nose in}} stick one's nose in (third-person singular simple present sticks one's nose in, present participle sticking one's nose in, simple past and past participle stuck one's nose in)
  1. (informal) To be nosy; to meddle or interfere in the affairs of another. Tags: informal Translations (to be nosy): sekaantua [with-illative] (Finnish), työntää nenänsä (Finnish), fourrer son nez (French), skipta sér af (Icelandic), hnýsast (Icelandic), vasast í (Icelandic), vera með nefið ofan í hvers manns koppi (Icelandic), vera með nefið niðri í öllu (Icelandic), sletta sér fram í (Icelandic), trana sér fram í (Icelandic), فضولی کردن (fozuli kardan) (Persian), wsadzać nos [imperfective] (Polish), wsadzić nos [perfective] (Polish), сова́ть нос (sovátʹ nos) [imperfective] (Russian), су́нуть нос (súnutʹ nos) [perfective] (Russian), burnunu sokmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-stick_one's_nose_in-en-verb-49GrNBz7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "to be nosy",
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