nose about

nose about
nose about/around inf вынюхивать, разнюхивать, выискивать

What’s he nosing about here for? He has nothing to do with our department.

The detective was nosing around in the crowd looking for pickpockets.


Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.

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  • nose\ about — • nose about • nose around v. phr. informal To look for something kept private or secret; poke about; explore; inquire; pry. In Grandmother s attic, Sally spent a while nosing about in the old family pictures. The detective was nosing around in… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • nose about — phrasal verb nose around or nose about [intransitive/transitive] Word forms nose around : he/she/it noses around present participle nosing around past tense nosed around past participle nosed around showing disapproval British nose around/about… …   English dictionary

  • nose about — ˌnose a ˈround ˌnose a ˈbout british [intransitive/transitive] [he/she/it noses around present participle nosing around past tense nosed around …   Useful english dictionary

  • nose about — or[nose around] {v. phr.}, {informal} To look for something kept private or secret; poke about; explore; inquire; pry. * /In Grandmother s attic, Sally spent a while nosing about in the old family pictures./ * /The detective was nosing around in… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • nose about — or[nose around] {v. phr.}, {informal} To look for something kept private or secret; poke about; explore; inquire; pry. * /In Grandmother s attic, Sally spent a while nosing about in the old family pictures./ * /The detective was nosing around in… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • nose about — See nose around …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • nose about (for something) — ˌnose aˈbout/aˈround (for sth) derived to look for sth, especially information about sb Syn: ↑poke about • We found a man nosing around in our backyard. Main entry: ↑nosederived …   Useful english dictionary

  • nose\ around — • nose about • nose around v. phr. informal To look for something kept private or secret; poke about; explore; inquire; pry. In Grandmother s attic, Sally spent a while nosing about in the old family pictures. The detective was nosing around in… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • nose around — nose about you check the bedrooms and we ll nose around the kitchen Syn: investigate, explore, ferret around/through, rummage around/through, search; delve into, peer into; prowl around; informal snoop around/about …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • nose — 1 noun 1 ON YOUR FACE (C) the part of your face that you smell with and breathe through: a broken nose | Marty punched him on the nose. | blow your nose (=clear it by blowing strongly into a piece of cloth or soft paper): Here, take this hanky… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • nose — 1. noun 1) a punch on the nose Syn: snout, muzzle, proboscis, trunk; informal beak, snoot, schnoz, schnozzola, sniffer, honker 2) a nose for scandal Syn: instinct, feeling …   Thesaurus of popular words


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