Meaning & use
pry
To inquire too curiously into someone's private matters, or to force something open with a lever.
See it in a sentence
She hated when her aunt would pry into her relationship during family dinners.
He used a screwdriver to pry the stuck lid off the paint can.
A note on using this word
The two senses share the idea of forcing entry, whether into private information or into a physically closed object.
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