poke around
Intermediate (B1) informal
To look around somewhere by moving things and checking different spots to see what you can find
"I spent the afternoon poking around the flea market and found some fascinating old maps."
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The Hunt for the First Dark Web King
fern · 7:26
The agents continue to poke around
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The Basement Yard · 26:14
Let's Let's poke around.
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Many A True Nerd · 8:25
__] Just have a poke around though.
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Many A True Nerd · 31:21
But yeah, have a quick poke around.
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Top Gear · 14:25
We went there to have a poke around.