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▸ verb: To peer closely and curiously, especially at something closed or not public.
▸ verb: (figuratively) To inquire into something that does not concern one; to be nosy; to snoop.
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To peer at (something) closely; also, to look into (a matter, etc.) thoroughly.
▸ noun: An act of prying; a close and curious look.
▸ noun: A person who is very inquisitive or nosy; a busybody, a nosey parker.
▸ noun: (East Anglia, US) A tool for levering; a crowbar, a lever.
▸ verb: To use leverage to open, raise, or widen (something); to prise or prize.
▸ verb: (figuratively) Usually followed by out (of): to draw out or get (information, etc.) with effort.
▸ noun: A surname.
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