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noses about

noses about is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) 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

Questions about noses about

What is noses about the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Noses about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nose about.

Words near noses about in the dictionary

  1. noserings
  2. noserode
  3. nosers
  4. noserub
  5. noses
  6. noses about
  7. noses around
  8. noses of wax
  9. noses out
  10. noses out of joint
  11. noses over

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