poke about

poke about
poke around v + adv, husmear
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VI + ADV (in drawers, attic etc) fisgonear, hurgar; (round shops) curiosear; pej fisgar, hacer indagaciones a hurtadillas

we spent a day poking about in the shops — pasamos un día curioseando en las tiendas

and now you come poking about! — ¡y ahora te metes a husmear! *

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poke around v + adv, husmear

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  • poke\ about — • poke around • poke about v 1. To search about; look into and under things. The detective poked around in the missing man s office. 2. To move slowly or aimlessly; do little things. He didn t feel well, and poked around the house …   Словарь американских идиом

  • poke about — phrasal verb poke around or poke about [intransitive/transitive] Word forms poke around : present tense I/you/we/they poke around he/she/it pokes around present participle poking around past tense poked around past participle poked around 1)… …   English dictionary

  • poke about — see poke around * * * see see poke around …   Combinatory dictionary

  • poke about — See poke around …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • poke about/around — SEARCH, hunt, rummage (around), forage, grub, root about/around, scavenge, nose around, ferret (about/around); sift through, rifle through, scour, comb, probe; Brit. informal rootle (around …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke about/around — look or search around a place. → poke …   English new terms dictionary

  • poke about — grope around, search for using the sense of touch …   English contemporary dictionary

  • poke about — Busy one s self with nothing …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • poke about — …   Useful english dictionary

  • poke around — or[poke about] {v.} 1. To search about; look into and under things. * /The detective poked around in the missing man s office./ 2. To move slowly or aimlessly; do little things. * /He didn t feel well, and poked around the house./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • poke around — or[poke about] {v.} 1. To search about; look into and under things. * /The detective poked around in the missing man s office./ 2. To move slowly or aimlessly; do little things. * /He didn t feel well, and poked around the house./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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