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poke around
look around casually
To poke around means to look around a place casually without a particular plan or purpose.
Hear it in real life
Did you buy anything at the market?
No, we just poked around for a while.
I like to poke around small bookshops when I have a free afternoon.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We poked around on the market for an hour.
Say: We poked around the market for an hour.
Use “around,” not “on,” when you mean exploring a market casually; “on the market” usually means available for sale.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
poke around; poke around a place
Your turn: say it out loud
I like to poke around small bookshops when I have a free afternoon.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
poke around
look around casually
“I like to poke around small bookshops when I have a free afternoon.”
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