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41nose around/about/round — INVESTIGATE, explore, ferret (about/around), rummage, search; delve into, peer into; prowl around; informal snoop about/around/round. → nose …
42nose into — phrasal : to poke or pry into with or as if with the nose she was nosing into everything around here Edwin Lanham * * * ˌnose in ˈto [transitive] [he/she/it noses into present participle nosing into …
43nose — a cocaine addict The allusion is to sniffing the powder: Higgins taught her everything there was to know about cocaine, turned her into the biggest nose in town. (McBain, 1994) Having a nose habit is such addiction …
44nose into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms nose into : he/she/it noses into present participle nosing into past tense nosed into past participle nosed into showing disapproval nose into something to try to find out information about something I don t… …
45nose something out — DETECT, find, discover, bring to light, track down, dig up, ferret out, root out, uncover, unearth, sniff out. → nose * * * ˌnose sthˈout derived (informal) to discover information about sb/sth by searching for it • Reporters nosed out all the… …
46nose out — {v.}, {informal} 1. To learn by effort (something private or secret); uncover. * /The principal nosed out the truth about the stolen examination./ 2. To defeat by a nose length; come in a little ahead of in a race or contest. * /The horse we… …
47nose out — {v.}, {informal} 1. To learn by effort (something private or secret); uncover. * /The principal nosed out the truth about the stolen examination./ 2. To defeat by a nose length; come in a little ahead of in a race or contest. * /The horse we… …
48nose\ out — v informal 1. To learn by effort (something private or secret); uncover. The principal nosed out the truth about the stolen examination. 2. To defeat by a nose length; come in a little ahead of in a race or contest. The horse we liked nosed out… …
49nose — nəʊz n. facial feature above the mouth and below the eyes; part of the body used for smelling and breathing; sense of smell; propensity for detecting; proboscis; snout v. smell, sniff; nuzzle with the nose; snoop about; move forward cautiously …
50ˌnose aˈbout (sb/sth)British — phrasal verb to try to find out information about someone or something I found two men nosing around the boat.[/ex] …
