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poke around

Verb

Meaning

poke around (third-person singular simple present pokes around, present participle poking around, simple past and past participle poked around)

To search for something, especially in an unorganized way

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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If I was wealthy I'd never do anything but poke around in ruined cities all over the world - and probably get snake-bit. Robert E. Howard

You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.” "I'm going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all. J. M. Coetzee

Grissom is a character who doesn't really want people poking around in his life. He likes to poke around in his work. William Petersen

I poke around in the pile, about to settle on some cod chowder, when Peeta holds out a can to me. "Here.” I take it, not knowing what to expect. The label reads LAMB STEW. Suzanne Collins

I check Style.com to look at the collections and love to poke around some of the other fashion blogs to see what's going on. Ashley Olsen

Before we save our heatmap, it’s fun to poke around the heatmaps of the intruding Access Points. Source: Internet

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