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• pry out — To investigate or find out by prying • • • Main Entry: ↑pry …   Useful english dictionary

• pry out — Synonyms and related words: cross examine, cross interrogate, cross question, dig out, extract information, ferret out, fish out, go over, grill, grub up, hunt out, inquisition, make inquisition, roast, root out, scout out, search out, spy out,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• pry — [praı] v past tense and past participle pried present participle prying third person singular pries [Sense: 1,3; Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Origin unknown] [Sense: 2,4; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: prize to force up (17 21 centuries), from prize lever… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pry — [ praı ] verb 1. ) intransitive to be interested in someone s personal life in a way that is annoying or offensive: I just glanced at the letter; I didn t mean to pry. pry into: The press continues to pry into their affairs. prying eyes (=people… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pry — v. 1) (D; intr.) to pry into (to pry into smb. s affairs) 2) (D; tr.) to pry out of (to pry information out of smb.) 3) (N; used with an adjective) they pried the door open USAGE NOTE: For senses two and three, BE uses prise or prize. * * *… …   Combinatory dictionary

• pry — [v1] interfere in someone else’s business be a busybody*, be all ears*, be curious, be inquisitive, be nosy, bug*, ferret out, gape, gaze, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, listen in, meddle, nose, peek, peep, peer, poke, poke nose into*,… …   New thesaurus

• out-prosper — to out pry: see out …   Useful english dictionary

• pry — [[t]pra͟ɪ[/t]] pries, prying, pried 1) VERB If someone pries, they try to find out about someone else s private affairs, or look at their personal possessions. [V into n] We do not want people prying into our affairs... Imelda might think she was …   English dictionary

• pry — I [[t]praɪ[/t]] v. i. pried, pry•ing 1) to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others[/ex] 2) to look closely or curiously; peer • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME pryen, prien, of uncert. orig. II… …   From formal English to slang

• pry — I v 1. inquire, question, query, quiz, ask; examine, interrogate, Inf. grill, cross examine; meddle, interfere, intermeddle, Brit. Dial. mell, interlope; intrude, butt in, U.S. Sl. horn in, obtrude; impose, interpose, intervene; mind other people …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• pry — pry1 /pruy/, v., pried, prying, n., pl. pries. v.i. 1. to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others. 2. to look closely or curiously; peer; peep. n. 3. an impertinently inquisitive person. 4 …   Universalium