| Front | pry |
|---|---|
| Back | pry /praɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle pried, present participle prying, third person singular pries) 1[intransitive] to try to find out details about someone else’s private life in an impolite way: I don’t want to pry, but I need to ask you one or two questions. pry into reporters prying into the affairs of celebrities 2[transitive always + adverb/preposition] especially American English to force something open, or force it away from something else SYN prize British English pry something open/away/off etc We finally managed to pry the door open with a screwdriver. 3away from prying eyes in private, where people cannot see what you are doing pry something out of somebody/something phrasal verb American English to get money or information from someone with a lot of difficulty: If you want to know his name, you’ll have to pry it out of her. |
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