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pry English

Meaning pry meaning

What does pry mean?
Definitions in simple English

pry Verb

— If you pry, you ask too much about a person's private affairs. I don't mean to pry, but are you single? We need to keep this safe from prying eyes.

pry

— verb (= jimmy) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open The burglar jimmied the lock Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail — verb be nosey Don't pry into my personal matters! — verb (= nose) search or inquire in a meddlesome way This guy is always nosing around the office — verb make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry They pried the information out of him — noun (= crowbar) a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge

Synonyms pry synonyms

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pry English » English

prize lever prise snoop peep nose lift poke jimmy crowbar wrecking bar pry bar intrude horn in worm out watch spy on pry open peer meddle investigate force open find out ferret examine be curious wring wrest wedge visit uplift unfix trap tow truck tip up think about tear off stick spy split snuffle snuff sleuth sit up sheave seek search out search scout rummage

Topics pry topics

What do people use pry to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive See

Examine
Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Meddle

Conjugation pry conjugation

How do you conjugate pry?

pry · verb

Examples pry examples

How do I use pry in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Don't pry into the affairs of others.
Tom used a crowbar to pry open the lid of the crate.
Tom tried to pry open the box with a crowbar.
Tom spent fifteen minutes trying to pry open the drawer with a crowbar, but he couldn't get it opened.
Tom finally managed to pry Mary's real opinion from her.
Tom tried to pry open the box.
Tom tried to pry open the window with a screwdriver.
Please don't pry into my personal affairs.
I won't tell you Tom's phone number no matter how much you try and pry it out of me.
I didn't want to pry.
We'll have to pry the door open.
Tom helped Mary pry open the door.

Movie subtitles

I'm not trying to pry. If you don't want to talk about it, I understand.
I'm gonna use your kidnapping Frazier as a crowbar to pry open and uncover this cesspool.
I don't like people that pry into other people's business.
Then answer it. You pry into my eyes, watch my gestures!
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect, let it pry through the portage of the head like a brass cannon.
I don't want to pry into your personal affairs, darling, but you know what's the matter with you?
I'd rather be digging eggshells out of garbage cans than trying to pry information out of you.
I'll pry the secret out of her.
No. Don't pry in my affairs.
Why were you trying to pry up that rock?
I didn't ask you to come here, to pry into my life.
I didn't mean that. I meant that the way they pry is indecent.
First you attack a man's country, and now you try to pry into his family life.
He has no right to pry into my personal affairs.
Can I convince you I don't wish to pry?
You must pry.
Miss Hammond, Scotland Yard has no desire to pry into people's private lives. but we'd hope that you'd tell us about the-well, the monster.
You pry into my eyes, watch my gestures!
We shouldn't pry into it.
I'll just pry it out, then we.
Let them pry and poke if they want to.
All right, take the strain on that pry.
Another attempt to pry secrets from the creature, Doctor?
Find something to pry it open.
Oh, my dear, I didn't mean to pry.
I'd rather dig eggshells out of garbage cans than pry information out of you.
Tommy, I don't pry into your private life.
I hate to pry into others' private lives. But you're my daughter.
It is not necessary for him to pry into my personal affairs.
In case we have to pry open the lock, see that your knife has a sharp point.
The Chief pulled a smart trick. Now when we pry into the vault, we'll get all the gold, and a heap of jewels for good measure.
You won't let on to him about what we've been saying, no matter how he tries to pry it out of you?
I'm sure you wouldn't want to pry into the reasons for it.
MY DEAR, YOU DON'T SUPPOSENI WAS GOING TO PRY INTO YOUR AFFAIRS?
MRS. BUNTING, I DON'T LIKE TO PRY INTO AFFAIRS THAT DON'T CONCERN ME, BUT SINCE MR. PRESTON FIRST ARRIVED HAVE YOU NOTICED ANY VIOLENT DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN HIM AND HIS WIFE?

News and current affairs

Instead, he backs a plan by a group of Italian financiers to pry control of Fiat from the dominance of the Agnelli family.
Finally, top priority should be assigned to completing the Single European Market, in which the Union has powerful legal instruments to pry open markets and sustain competition.
What adults choose to do in the bedroom, many thoughtful people believe, is their own business, and the state ought not to pry into it.
In this instance, it is impossible to pry them apart.
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