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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 |
|---|
| Karoline | | kah-ro-LEE-nə (German) | German, Danish, Norwegian |
| Stela | | - | Romanian |
| Haynes | | [heinz] | |
| Esa | | E-sah | Finnish |
| Aniket | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi |
| Rahmİ | | - | Turkish |