: to poke or pry into with or as if with the nose
she was nosing into everything around here — Edwin Lanham
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ˌnose in ˈto [transitive] [he/she/it noses into present participle nosing into past tense nosed into past participle nosed into] showing disapproval phrasal verb
to try to find out information about something
I don’t want them nosing into my finances.
Thesaurus: to try to find out informationsynonym
Main entry: nose
Useful english dictionary. 2012.