poke around
phrasal verb
poked around; poking around; pokes around
informal
: to look around or search through something
He poked around in his closet for something to wear to the party.
—often used figurativelyI don't want you poking around in my personal life.
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It can often be seen walking slowly along the shore, poking around for fiddler crabs, among the species’ favored prey.
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
In the summer of 1989, the town is in an uproar—the two returnees are poking around, but the real trouble is that a group of long-haired students has arrived from Vienna, authorized to restore the Jewish cemetery.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Perseverance has been poking around a spot named Broom Point at the lower slopes of an area called Witch Hazel Hill.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Starlink beta is akin to letting Elon Musk poke around your phone.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2025
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
In the summer of 1989, the town is in an uproar—the two returnees are poking around, but the real trouble is that a group of long-haired students has arrived from Vienna, authorized to restore the Jewish cemetery.
—James Wood, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Perseverance has been poking around a spot named Broom Point at the lower slopes of an area called Witch Hazel Hill.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Starlink beta is akin to letting Elon Musk poke around your phone.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for poke around
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“Poke around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poke%20around. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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