nose in

1. Also, nose into.

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

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

Example Sentences

That dip was all Sabalenka needed to nose in front.

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He responded to lead 7-6 with a break of 73 putting his nose in front once more.

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The culprit was Naegleria fowleri - commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba - an infection usually contracted through the nose in freshwater and so rare that most doctors never encounter a case in their entire careers.

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“This was widely publicized that the governor and many of our other elected officials were having a press conference to talk about redistricting, and they decided they were going to come and thumb their nose in front of the governor’s face. Why would you do that? That is unbelievably disrespectful, it’s a provocative act,” Bass said.

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“Anytime that somebody from Hollywood or the entertainment complex talked about creators, it was with such a different lens ... a little bit like nose in the air.”

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Related Words

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