poke around

Idioms and Phrases

Also, poke about . Look through things; also, make an investigation. For example, I was poking around the attic when I found these old photos , or The detective was poking about, tracking where she went on that fatal day . [Early 1800s] Also see nose about ; poke one's nose into .

Example Sentences

Sure, some of us might still poke around for a few hours on Ancestry.com.

From The Daily Beast

If pickups and Wranglers are more your style, poke around Fort Worth.

From The Daily Beast

So he started to poke around, hoping to run across some island that was more than a mere patch of the omnipresent mangrove tangle.

From Project Gutenberg

Don't you come if you'd rather poke around your old churches and things!

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps if I poke around here long enough, Mrs. Rhett will decide to see me.

From Project Gutenberg

It was his wont to stroll off when his camp duties for the day were over and poke around in the adjacent woods.

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Having eaten what was allotted to him, Randy began to poke around with the pick, while his uncle and Earl still rested.

From Project Gutenberg

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