The detective poked around in the missing man's office.
He didn't feel well, and poked around the house.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
poke about — phrasal verb poke around or poke about [intransitive/transitive] Word forms poke around : present tense I/you/we/they poke around he/she/it pokes around present participle poking around past tense poked around past participle poked around 1)… … English dictionary
poke about — see poke around * * * see see poke around … Combinatory dictionary
poke about — See poke around … Thesaurus of popular words
poke about/around — SEARCH, hunt, rummage (around), forage, grub, root about/around, scavenge, nose around, ferret (about/around); sift through, rifle through, scour, comb, probe; Brit. informal rootle (around … Useful english dictionary
poke about/around — look or search around a place. → poke … English new terms dictionary
poke about — grope around, search for using the sense of touch … English contemporary dictionary
poke about — Busy one s self with nothing … New dictionary of synonyms
poke about — … Useful english dictionary
poke around — or[poke about] {v.} 1. To search about; look into and under things. * /The detective poked around in the missing man s office./ 2. To move slowly or aimlessly; do little things. * /He didn t feel well, and poked around the house./ … Dictionary of American idioms
poke around — or[poke about] {v.} 1. To search about; look into and under things. * /The detective poked around in the missing man s office./ 2. To move slowly or aimlessly; do little things. * /He didn t feel well, and poked around the house./ … Dictionary of American idioms
