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- poke one's nose into
poke one's nose into
poke one's nose into
Pry into or meddle in another's affairs, as in I told her to stop poking her nose into our business. This usage replaced the earlier thrust one's nose into in the mid-1800s.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Lyndsay | | LINDZ-ee | English (Modern) |
Dent | | [dent] | |
Monroe | | mən-RO (English) | Scottish, English |
Tatyana | | tah-TYAH-nah | Russian |
Elpidio | | - | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
'Orpah | | - | Biblical Hebrew |