Meaning

3 senses
  1. (informal, transitive)To find using one's sense of smell.

  2. (figuratively, informal, transitive)To find by searching.

  3. (informal, transitive)To defeat by a small margin.

More definitions
  • recognize or detect by or as if by smelling

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Rabbits stuck their noses out.

    Крілики висунули мордочки. — Ahha

    ruКролики высунули мордочки. — al_ex_an_der

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  2. Keep your nose out of my business.

  3. Just keep your nose out of my business.

  4. I never stick my nose out the door.

  5. Keep your big nose out of our family business.

Forms

noses out, nosing out, nosed out, nosed out
Base formnose out · to nose out
3rd person singularnoses out
Present participlenosing out
Past simplenosed out
Past participlenosed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynose out
he, she, itnoses out

Past simpleLesson

all personsnosed out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nosed out
he, she, ithas nosed out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nose out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
find by sense of smell:sniff out
defeat by a small margin:edge out
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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