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nose in

  1. Advance cautiously, front end first, as in We nosed the boat into her berth , or The car nosed in very slowly . [Mid-1900s]

  2. Pry, snoop, as in He was nosing into our finances again . [First half of 1900s] Also see nose about ; poke one's nose into .



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But with braces on her teeth and a nose in need of rhinoplasty, getting Prince Julian to notice her at the Ball, where he will choose his bride, is going to be difficult.

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"I didn't want to poke my nose in. When I saw it, I thought this was brilliant. You don't even have to like football, it's so uplifting."

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In a strongly-worded statement, Fenerbahce accused Buruk of having the "audacity to make disrespectful hand gestures" to provoke Mourinho, who then "briefly touched his nose" in response.

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It has long been thought that digging your nose in a book and spending too much time reading things up close could cause near-sightedness.

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Robins had an amazing run to the FA Cup semi-finals - and almost the final - with Coventry last season, of course, but the scoreline I am going with is more a case of me wanting to rub Jason's nose in it, rather than based on science the way my predictions usually are.

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