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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Hiking nearby with tourists, Joe has barely begun to poke around the debris when he’s surrounded by a small army of hostile mercenaries led by ruthless Orlin (Mike Colter).
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
The products and companies in this article represent only a fraction of what’s out there so poke around and explore.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
My family spent our time poking around easy trails, but the Sliding Sands Trail is an 11-mile point-to-point that drops through the volcano’s crater, traveling through rust-red and black lava rock terrain that many describe as otherworldly.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
That opens up the possibility of poking around the college ranks.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
The products and companies in this article represent only a fraction of what’s out there so poke around and explore.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
My family spent our time poking around easy trails, but the Sliding Sands Trail is an 11-mile point-to-point that drops through the volcano’s crater, traveling through rust-red and black lava rock terrain that many describe as otherworldly.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025
That opens up the possibility of poking around the college ranks.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Poke around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poke%20around. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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