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poked about

poked about is the simple past and past participle of poke about.

Meaning of poke about

Verb

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

  1. To search for something, especially in an unorganized way
    • Pitne For: Also...merely out of curiosity: When you were poking about, did you perhaps run across a shipping manifest that belongs to me?2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Illium

Questions about poked about

What is poked about the simple past and past participle of?
Poked about is the simple past and past participle of poke about.

Words near poked about in the dictionary

  1. poke-a-dot
  2. poke-a-dots
  3. pokeberries
  4. pokeberry
  5. poked
  6. poked about
  7. poked along
  8. poked around
  9. poked borack
  10. poked borak
  11. poked borax

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