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View synonyms for nose out
nose out
verb
- to discover by smelling
- to discover by cunning or persistence
the reporter managed to nose out a few facts
- informal.to beat by a narrow margin
he was nosed out of first place by the champion
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But Ive marked the last place e bogged down into, an if e just pokes a nose out once more, ell get it in the neck for keeps.
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Can we cross a hundred miles of ocean and nose out a little turtle-back in all that raft of islands and keys?
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But he sees this Troubadour has put his poor old nose out of joint for him.
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Thomas Chatterton Jupiter Zeus poked his nose out of the sun-bonnet.
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Therefore I advise that you either keep your nose out of my business or actively work against me.
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