NOSE (SOMETHING) OUT


Meaning of NOSE (SOMETHING) OUT in English

nose something ↔ out phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ nose )

1 . to discover some information that someone else does not want you to discover:

The media always manage to nose out some interesting facts about a politician’s past life.

2 . to defeat someone by a very small amount in a race, competition etc

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.