nose in

1. Advance cautiously, front end first, as in We nosed the boat into her berth , or The car nosed in very slowly . [Mid-1900s]

2. Pry, snoop, as in He was nosing into our finances again . [First half of 1900s] Also see nose about ; poke one's nose into .

Idioms and Phrases

Also, nose into .

Example Sentences

To land blindly meant a certain nose-in and was out of the question.

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But 't was the nose-in-the-air Madame, as you call her, with whom you spoke!

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Then, as a coping-stone to her nose-in-air theory, had come Amelie's refusal to let her come over to Molesworth.

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Related Words

• encroach
• intrude
• invade
• misbehave
• overstep
• poach
• violate