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Phrase(s): poke through (something)
to stick through something; to extend through something. • The tips of Tommy’s toes poked through his sneakers and looked very cold. • The end of the lost spoon poked through the piecrust on the freshly baked pie. Now we knew where it had disappeared to., Phrase(s): poke something through someone or something
to jab or stab something through someone or something. • The evil knight poked his weapon through Arthur and withdrew it again. • Danny poked his finger through the plastic pool liner by mistake.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs