poke about

phrasal verb

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poke around

(also poke about especially in British English)

(informal) to look for something, especially something that is hidden among other things that you have to move搜查；翻找
- The police spent the day poking around in his office but found nothing.警察花了一天时间搜查他的办公室，但一无所获。🔊🔊
- (figurative) We've had journalists poking around and asking a lot of questions.我们让记者追着问了许多问题。🔊🔊