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Katie Anh
2022-02-18 09:02
Pry around phrasal verb spoken language
To indicate sneaking around (an area) to find out someone’s private information.
I just feel that there is someone prying around our house with a bad purpose.
I have been prying around these days to find out whether he is cheating on me.
If you pry around something, you try to open it by using a lever.
We have to pry around the top of the machine to know whether there are any problems with it.
We pried around the top of the sewer with a crowbar and unlocked the flow.
1. To pry.
2. To try to seduce someone.
It's mostly used in the present tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. An unlucky situation
2. An interjection used to express sympathy for someone's bad luck
1. I have had some tough beans recently. I got low marks and lost my bike just two days later.
2. A: I've got a low mark.
B: Tough bean, bro.
