nosed about
nosed about is the simple past and past participle of nose about.
Meaning of nose about
Verb
nose about (third-person singular simple present noses about, present participle nosing about, simple past and past participle nosed about)
- To snoop around; to discreetly or covertly search or examine a place or situation.
- It’s not hard to find antique roads in China. The place has been shaped and reshaped by engineers for thousands of years. As any Chinese schoolchild will tell you, grand civilizations dating to the Bronze Age blazed intricate communications networks that expanded trade and maintained military...2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographichttps://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-07-new-map-ancient-roads-china
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- Nosed about is the simple past and past participle of nose about.
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