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71poke one's nose — To pry • • • Main Entry: ↑poke …
72poke a hole in something — phrase to make a hole in something by pushing something through it He had poked a hole in his blanket. Thesaurus: to make a hole, dent or line in somethingsynonym holes and openings in surfaceshyponym Main entry: poke …
73poke fun (at) — phrase to make unkind jokes about someone or something All the kids poked fun at Dan’s new haircut. Thesaurus: mocking and mockeryhyponym to tell a joke or jokessynonym Main entry: poke …
74poke|ber|ry — «POHK BEHR ee, buhr », noun, plural ries. 1. the deep purple berry of the pokeweed. 2. = pokeweed. (Cf. ↑pokeweed) ╂[American English < poke4, or poke (weed) + berry] …
75poke|weed — «POHK WEED», noun. any one of a group of tropical or subtropical plants, especially a tall, branching perennial herb of North America with greenish white flowers, juicy, purple berries, and poisonous roots, sometimes called the inkberry; poke.… …
76poke along — [phrasal verb] US informal : to move along very slowly They were just poking along towards home. The car poked along down the street. • • • Main Entry: ↑poke …
77poke your nose in/into — see ↑nose, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑poke …
78poke fun at somebody — poke ˈfun at sb/sth idiom to say unkind things about sb/sth in order to make other people laugh at them Syn: ↑ridicule • Her novels poke fun at the upper class. • She s always poking fun at herself. Main entry: ↑ …
79poke fun at something — poke ˈfun at sb/sth idiom to say unkind things about sb/sth in order to make other people laugh at them Syn: ↑ridicule • Her novels poke fun at the upper class. • She s always poking fun at herself. Main entry: ↑ …
80poke fun at — index jape, mock (deride) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
