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poke around

poke around verb: to search for something, especially in an unorganized way.

Verb

poke around (third-person singular simple present pokes around, present participle poking around, simple past and past participle poked around)

  1. To search for something, especially in an unorganized way

Forms of poke around

third-person singular presentpokes around
present participlepoking around
past participlepoked around
pastpoked around

Questions about poke around

What does poke around mean?
Poke around means to search for something, especially in an unorganized way.
What part of speech is poke around?
Poke around is a verb.
What is the past tense of poke around?
The past tense of poke around is poked around.

Words near poke around in the dictionary

  1. Pokanokets
  2. poke
  3. poke a dot
  4. poke about
  5. poke along
  6. poke around
  7. poke bonnet
  8. poke bonnets
  9. poke borack
  10. poke borak
  11. poke borax

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