A very short distance or narrow margin: won the race by a nose.
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Informal The nose considered as a symbol of prying: Keep your nose out of my business.
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Something, such as the forward end of an aircraft, rocket, or submarine, that resembles a nose in shape or position.
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The ability to detect, sense, or discover as if by smell: has a nose for gossip.
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The characteristic smell of a wine or liqueur; bouquet.
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verb-intransitive
Informal To search or inquire meddlesomely; snoop or pry: nosing around looking for opportunities.
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To advance with caution: The ship nosed into its berth.
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To smell or sniff.
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phrasal-verb
Nose out To defeat by a narrow margin.
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idiom
On the nose Exactly; precisely: predicted the final score on the nose.
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verb-transitive
To advance the forward part of cautiously: nosed the car into the flow of traffic.
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To move, push, or make with or as if with the nose.
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To touch with the nose; nuzzle.
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