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Meanings of poke up in English

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Usage of poke up in English
1
You'll find the hepatica blossoms all ready to poke up their heads.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
2
Right yonder's where I saw Injun Joe poke up his candle, Huck!
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
3
Across the waters the drowned buildings of Thonburi poke up through the waves.
The windup girl
4
I poke up my head just enough to peer back.
Origin
5
Dom saw something poke up through one of the holes and realized it was brown fur.
The Slab
6
Why don't I poke up a fire? He made no sign; I went about laying some kindling.
Harvest Home
7
I Tufts of weeds poke up through the cobbles all the way down Rua São Miguel Nascente.
The Irish Times
8
Old bottles and rusted machine parts poke up through the mire; a flat-bottom boat slowly rots nearby.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
9
Just poke up the fire, Dad.
One Basket
10
I poke up and look around.
Hull zero three
11
I poke up again.
Hull zero three
12
I said, 'Hunt, my good woman; have a good look round, hunt under the tables, poke up the chimney, shake out the antimacassars.
Howards End
13
The Germans were very close now and he had just time to poke up some branches to hide the opening through which he had fallen.
The Boy Scouts In Russia
14
Alec was enjoying the humour of poking up the giant of conventionality.
What Necessity Knows
15
The hilt of the greatsword Dawn poked up over his right shoulder.
A Game of Thrones
16
One of those heads poked up unconsciously, and let slip the truth.
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
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