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 figuratively

I don't want you poking around in my personal life.

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Bloober encourages you to poke around all of its decrepit nooks and crannies in order to find resources and unearth story tidbits. —

Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 Instead, his instrument would poke around the melody, pushing, prodding, and nudging the music out of one section and into a new, uncharted one. —

David Browne, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024 And lord help the poor dentist who’s tasked with poking around her mouth with a metal spike. —

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024 Reality check: Indigenous people across North America were well aware of fossils long before the U.S. government sent white people to poke around the desert. —

Erin Alberty, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for poke around