Meaning pry
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pryprobably: used in emails and text messagespry see u there
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pry"raise by force," 1823, from a noun meaning "instrument for prying, crowbar;" alteration of prize (as though it were a plural) in obsolete sense of "lever" (c. 1300), fro [..]
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pry"look inquisitively," c. 1300, from prien "to peer in," of unknown origin, perhaps related to late Old English bepriwan "to wink." Related: Pried; prying. As a noun, &quo [..]
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pryto peer into or try to find out about things that do not concern you
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pry(n) a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge(v) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open(v) be nosey(v) search or inquire in a meddlesome way(v) make an uninvited or [..]
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pry
To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.
To look closely and curiously at.
* Shakespeare
*: Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, / To pry into the secrets of the state.
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pryThe three-character ISO 3166 country code for PARAGUAY.
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