poke about

verb

To search for something, especially in an unorganized way

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Meanings

verbpoke about (third-person singular simple present pokes about, present participle poking about, simple past and past participle poked about)

present singular third person pokes about · participle present poking about · participle past poked about · past poked about

  1. To search for something, especially in an unorganized way

    Pitne For: Also...merely out of curiosity: When you were poking about, did you perhaps run across a shipping manifest that belongs to me?

    2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Illium
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