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poke/stick your nose into sth

informal

Definition

to show too much interest in a situation that does not involve you: You shouldn't go sticking your nose into other people's business!
(Definition of poke/stick your nose into sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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