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nose around (something)

to pry into something; to snoop around something. I caught her nosing around my desk. Wally is always nosing around.

See also: around, nose

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An ITV spokesman said: "Thanks to Street View, fans will be able to have a good nose around the set in a way that would have been unimaginable almost 50 years ago when the show first aired. Coronation Street goes on Google Street View by Independent Television News Limited (ITN) ONE in five people view properties they have no intention of buying just to have a nose around other people's homes, a survey revealed today. Just having a nose! by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) But a nose around the M& S lingerie department revealed it doesn't charge pounds 2 more for all its bras and there are plenty of styles that have the same price tag from cup size A-G. Go for bust; (YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO BIGGER BRAS) by The Mirror (London, England)			noise about nominate nominate as nominate for nominate to non none None but the brave deserve the fair none of beeswax none of business none of the above none of your business! None of your lip! none other than none the wiser none the worse none the worse for wear none too nonsense noodle noodle around noodle over nor nose nose about nose around nose in nose is out of joint nose or a group out nose out nose out of nose to tail nosh on not a bit not a chance Not a chance! not a dry eye not a glimmer not a kid anymore not a living soul not a moment to spare not a pretty sight not able not able to call time own not able to get for love or money not able to go on not able to help not able to make anything out not able to make head or tail of not able to see the forest for the trees not able to stomach			NOSB NOSBR NOSC NOSC Navy Architecture Group NOSC Wideband NOSC-D NoSCA noscapine noscapine noscapine NOSCAR noscere NOSCINST noscitare Noscitur a sociis NOSCP NOSD NOSDCP NOSDRA nose nose nose nose nose nose Nose (horseracing) nose about nose about or around Nose and Centre Fuselage Nose and Oral Protection Only nose around Nose bit Nose bleed Nose bleed Nose bleed Nose bleeding Nose bleeding Nose bone Nose bone Nose bone nose candy nose candy nose cone nose cone nose cones nose cones Nose congestion nose count nose coverage Nose Creek Sports and Recreation Association Nose Creek Swim Association Nose decay Nose decay Nose diseases Nose diseases Nose diseases nose dive nose dive Nose Down nose drops nose drops

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