poke around

phrasal verb

poked around; poking around; pokes around
informal
: to look around or search through something
He poked around in his closet for something to wear to the party.
often used figuratively
I don't want you poking around in my personal life.

Examples of poke around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Reality check: Indigenous people across North America were well aware of fossils long before the U.S. government sent white people to poke around the desert. Erin Alberty, Axios, 12 Aug. 2024 Griffith visits once a week to check on new leaves and poke around in the soil for new root growth. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 28 July 2024 Cenci enlisted the help of a nearby parishioner to poke around. Sydney Bishop, CNN, 7 July 2024 All of these cases had been thoroughly picked over in mainstream media, so Broomfield’s approach, particularly in Kurt & Courtney and Biggie & Tupac, was to poke around at the fringes and find compelling weirdos with minor connections to the major players. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for poke around 

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“Poke around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poke%20around. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

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