poke around
Also, poke about. Look through things; also, make an investigation. For example, I was poking around the attic when I found these old photos, or The detective was poking about, tracking where she went on that fatal day. [Early 1800s] Also see nose about; poke one's nose into.
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How to use poke around in a sentence
Sure, some of us might still poke around for a few hours on Ancestry.com.
If pickups and Wranglers are more your style, poke around Fort Worth.
So he started to poke around, hoping to run across some island that was more than a mere patch of the omnipresent mangrove tangle.
Eagles of the Sky | Ambrose NewcombDon't you come if you'd rather poke around your old churches and things!
The Travelling Companions | F. AnsteyPerhaps if I poke around here long enough, Mrs. Rhett will decide to see me.
Whispering Walls | Mildred A. Wirt
It was his wont to stroll off when his camp duties for the day were over and poke around in the adjacent woods.
Tom Slade on Mystery Trail | Percy Keese FitzhughHaving eaten what was allotted to him, Randy began to poke around with the pick, while his uncle and Earl still rested.
To Alaska for Gold | Edward Stratemeyer
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