poke out

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Verb

poke out - reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"

be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"

Translations

w>poke out

vi → vorstehen; the tortoise had its head poking out of its shell → die Schildkröte hatte ihren Kopf aus dem Panzer gestreckt; a handkerchief was poking out of his top pocket → ein Taschentuch schaute or guckte aus seiner Brusttasche hervor

vt sep

(= extend) → hinausstrecken

(= remove by poking) he poked the dirt out with his fingers → er pulte (inf) → or kratzte den Schmutz mit den Fingern heraus; to poke somebody’s eye out → jdm ein Auge ausstechen

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There were still 74.56 winning tickets from a total pool of pounds 49,224 and a final dividend of pounds 481.90 seemed quite low for getting a 1-7 poke out of the money.