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pry Definition and Meaning in English (pry definition)

verb
Synonyms:snoopmeddleinterfere
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Pry definition: To inquire too curiously or impertinently into a person's private affairs.

Definitions of Pry

  1. 1verb(informal)

    To inquire too curiously or impertinently into a person's private affairs.

  2. 2verb

    To use leverage to open or separate something forcibly.

Example Sentences

casual

“She always tries to pry into my personal life.”

casual

“He had to pry open the old wooden box with a crowbar.”

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Inflected Word Forms

third person singularpries
past tensepried
present participleprying
nounpry bar

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

pry intophrasal_verb

To try to find out about someone else's private affairs.

pry openphrasal_verb

To force something open, typically using a tool.

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Pry definition: To inquire too curiously or impertinently into a person's private affairs.
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