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poke around

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poke around 
1. and poke about to look or search around. I've been poking around in the library looking for some statistics. I don't mind if you look in my drawer for a paper clip, but please don't poke about.
2. to waste time while moving about. I just poked around all afternoon and didn't accomplish much. Stop poking around and get moving.
See also: around, poke


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Afterward, poke around the English Village that sits beneath the bridge, making sure to pop into a local pub and sample the fish and chips that England is famed for.
The soldiers "realized that the product (bananas) was over-ripe" and decided to poke around under the fruit, where they discovered 508 packages of marijuana weighing some 2,650 kilograms (5,830 pounds), the ministry said in a statement.
Those so afflicted will be relieved to know that once again they have a snoopers' charter to legitimately poke around such properties during English Heritage Open Days, from tomorrow until Sunday.
 
 
 
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