stick one's nose into

verb

To interfere or try to intervene in (an issue that does not concern one).

“Stop sticking your nose into my affairs!”

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poke one's nose intothrust one's nose into
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Meanings

verbstick one's nose into (third-person singular simple present sticks one's nose into, present participle sticking one's nose into, simple past and past participle stuck one's nose into)

present singular third person sticks one's nose into · participle present sticking one's nose into · participle past stuck one's nose into · past stuck one's nose into

  1. idiomaticTo interfere or try to intervene in (an issue that does not concern one).

    Stop sticking your nose into my affairs!

    Synonyms: poke one's nose into, thrust one's nose into

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo interfere or try to intervene in (an issue that does not concern one).

Similar
poke one's nose intothrust one's nose into
Also see
meddlepoke one's nose into

Translations

Arabic حَشَرَ أَنْفَهُ
  • حَشَرَ أَنْفَهُ (ḥašara ʔanfahu)to interfere
Czech strkat nos
  • strkat nosto interfere
Finnish työntää nenänsä
  • työntää nenänsäto interfere
French fourrer son nez
  • fourrer son nezto interfere
German die Nase stecken
  • die Nase steckento interfere
Greek πετάγομαι σαν την πορδή
  • πετάγομαι σαν την πορδή (petágomai san tin pordí)to interfere
Hungarian beleüti az orrát
  • beleüti az orrátto interfere
Lithuanian kištis
  • kištisto interfere
Polish wsadzać nos, wsadzić nos
  • wsadzać nosto interfere
  • wsadzić nosto interfere
Romanian băga nasul
  • băga nasulto interfere
Russian сова́ть нос
  • сова́ть нос (sovátʹ nos)to interfere
Spanish echar su cuarto a espadas
  • echar su cuarto a espadasto interfere
Tamil மூக்கைநுழை, மூக்கைநீட்டு
  • மூக்கைநுழை (mūkkainuḻai)to interfere
  • மூக்கைநீட்டு (mūkkainīṭṭu)to interfere
Turkish salça olmak, maydanoz olmak
  • salça olmakto interfere
  • maydanoz olmakto interfere
  • burnunu sokmakto interfere
  • karışmakto interfere
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APA

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“stick one's nose into.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stick%20one's%20nose%20into. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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