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Phrase(s): poke at someone or something
to thrust or jab at someone or something. • Stop poking at me! • Don’t poke at the turtle. It might bite you., Phrase(s): poke something at someone or something
to jab or thrust something at someone or something. • Don’t poke that thing at me! • The hunter poked his spear at the pig one more time and decided it was dead.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs