nose into (something)

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nose into (something)

To investigate something; to try to find information about something, especially private, secret, or sensitive matters. The last thing we need right now are tax auditors nosing into our accounts. You really need to stop nosing into other people's affairs, or you're going to start losing friends.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Anaiah	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Adolph	AD-ahlf, AY-dahlf	English
Lucjan	LUWTS-yahn	Polish
Sonja	ZAWN-yah (German), SON-yah (Finnish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonia
Victoria	vik-TAWR-ee-ə (English), vik-TO-ree-ah (German)	English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
VerÔNica	-	Portuguese