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Phrase(s): poke about
Go to poke around., Phrase(s): poke about (in something) [and] poke around (in something)
to rummage around in something or some place; to look through things in something or some place. • I’ll have to go up and poke about in the attic to see if I can find it. • Janet went to the attic and spent the rest of the afternoon poking around.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs