nose

Related to nose: nose bleeds, Stuffy nose

a nose for (something)

An intuitive ability to detect or excel at something. I've always been able to learn languages easily. I guess I just have a nose for it. He's got a real nose for determining which way the stock markets are going to shift.
See also: nose

nose out

1. To move forward very slowly and cautiously out of some place. In this usage, the preposition "of" is used after "out" when the place is specified; a noun or pronoun can be used between "nose" and "out" if the verb is used transitively. I think you'll have enough room to get out of the parking spot—just nose the car out a little bit at a time to be sure. I nosed out of the house to get away from the party without anyone noticing. She nosed the motorcycle quietly out of the shed so as not to wake her parents.
2. To defeat someone by a narrow margin, thus knocking them out of the competition or contest. A noun or pronoun can be used between "nose" and "out." The underdogs managed to nose out the former champions in a thrilling last-minute victory. After a late surge in the polls, Mayor Smith nosed out the Michigan senator many assumed would be the party's nominee.
3. To locate something through the use of one's nose. A noun or pronoun can be used between "nose" and "out." The dog was able to nose out the stash of drugs. The suspect may be in hiding, but these bloodhounds will nose him out.
4. To discover something that had been hidden through careful and thorough investigation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "nose" and "out." If anyone will be able to nose out the truth, she will. Scientists believe they have nosed out the genes responsible for giving one's face its particular shape.
See also: nose, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

nose something (out) (onto something)

to drive or push something carefully out onto the surface of something, nose first. I nosed the car out onto the highway, looking both ways. She nosed out the car.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

nose

verb
See nose candy
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (as) plain as the nose on (one's) face
  • (one's) nose is (always) in the air
  • (one's) nose is out of joint
  • (right) under (one's) (very) nose
  • a camel's nose (under the tent)
  • a nose for (something)
  • a nose for something
  • be as plain as the nose on (one's) face
  • be no skin off (one's) nose
  • bite (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face
  • bite off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face
  • bite someone's head off
  • bloody nose attack
  • bloody nose strike
  • blow (one's) nose
  • blow nose
  • brown nose
  • brownnose
  • brown-nose
  • button nose
  • by a nose
  • cannot see any further than the end of one’s nose
  • cannot see further than the end of one’s nose
  • cannot see further than your nose
  • can't see (any) further than the end of (one's) nose
  • can't see beyond the end of (one's) nose
  • can't see beyond the end of one's nose
  • can't see farther than (one's) nose
  • can't see farther than the end of (one's) nose
  • can't see further than (the end of) (one's) (own) nose
  • can't see past the end of (one's) nose
  • count heads
  • count noses
  • count noses, to
  • cut (one's) nose off to spite (one's) face
  • cut nose off to spite face
  • cut off (one's) nose to spite (one's) face
  • cut off nose to spite face
  • cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  • cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to
  • cut off your nose to spite your face
  • don't cut off your nose to spite your face
  • down (one's) nose
  • down nose
  • follow (one's) nose
  • follow nose
  • follow one's nose
  • follow one's nose, to
  • follow your nose
  • get (one's) nose cold
  • get (one's) nose out of (someone's) business
  • get (one's) nose out of joint
  • get a bloody nose
  • get nose out of business
  • get nose out of joint and have nose out of joint; put nose out of ...
  • get one’s nose cold
  • get one’s nose out of joint
  • get up (one's) nose
  • get up somebody's nose
  • get up someone's nose
  • Get your nose out of my business!
  • give (one) a bloody nose
  • give someone a bloody nose
  • go into a nosedive
  • hard-nosed
  • have (got) (one's) nose out of joint
  • have (one's) nose in a book
  • have (one's) nose in a magazine
  • have (one's) nose in the air
  • have (one's) nose to the grindstone
  • have a nose (round)
  • have a nose for
  • have a nose for (something)
  • have a nose for something
  • have a nose round
  • have nose in a book
  • have nose in the air
  • have one’s nose wide open
  • have your nose in a book, magazine, etc.
  • hold (one's) nose
  • hold nose
  • in front of (one's) nose
  • it's no skin off my nose
  • it's no skin off my, your, his, etc. nose
  • keep (one's) nose clean
  • keep (one's) nose out of (someone's) business
  • keep (one's) nose out of (something)
  • keep (one's) nose to the grindstone
  • keep nose clean
  • keep nose out of
  • keep nose out of business
  • keep nose to the grindstone
  • keep one’s nose clean
  • keep one's nose clean
  • keep your nose clean
  • keep your nose out of
  • Keep your nose out of my business!
  • keep your nose out of something
  • keep your nose to the grindstone
  • lead (one) (around) by the nose
  • lead by the nose
  • lead by the nose, to
  • lead somebody by the nose
  • lead someone by the nose
  • look down (one's) nose at (someone or something)
  • look down nose
  • look down on
  • look down one's nose at, to
  • look down your nose
  • look down your nose at
  • look down your nose at something
  • make (one) pay through the nose
  • Mind your own business
  • no skin off (one's) nose
  • no skin off my nose, it's/that's
  • no skin off one's nose
  • no skin off teeth
  • nose
  • nose about
  • nose around
  • nose around for (someone or something)
  • nose candy
  • nose for
  • nose habit
  • nose hit
  • nose in
  • nose in a book, have one's
  • nose in on
  • nose in on (someone or something)
  • nose in the air, have one's
  • nose into (something)
  • nose job
  • nose of wax
  • nose or a group out
  • nose out
  • nose out of
  • nose out of joint
  • nose out of joint, have one's
  • nose out of joint, to have one's/put someone's
  • nose to tail
  • nose to the grindstone
  • nose to the grindstone, have/keep one's
  • nose to the grindstone, keep one's
  • nosebleed seat
  • nose-burner
  • nose-lunger
  • nose-pick
  • nose-picker
  • nose-picking
  • nose-warmer
  • not see beyond your nose
  • not see beyond/past the end of your nose
  • on the money
  • on the nose
  • one's nose is in the air
  • parson's nose
  • pay an arm and a leg
  • pay through the nose
  • pay through the nose (for something)
  • pay through the nose, to
  • pick (one's) nose
  • plain as day
  • plain as day/the nose on your face
  • poke (one's) nose in(to) (something)
  • poke nose in
  • poke one's nose into
  • poke one's nose into, to
  • poke your nose into
  • poke your nose into something
  • poke/stick your nose in/into something
  • pope's nose
  • powder (one's) nose
  • powder nose
  • powder one’s nose
  • powder your nose
  • put (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted
  • put (one's) nose in(to) (something)
  • put (one's) nose out of joint
  • put (one's) nose to the grindstone
  • put nose in
  • put nose out of joint
  • put nose to the grindstone
  • put on the (old) nosebag
  • put one’s nose in
  • put one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
  • put somebody's nose out of joint
  • put someone’s nose out of joint
  • put someone's nose out of joint
  • put the (old) nosebag on
  • put the feed bag on
  • rub (one's) nose in (something)
  • rub (one's) nose in it
  • rub nose in
  • rub nose in it
  • rub somebody's nose in it
  • rub someone’s nose in something
  • rub someone's nose in it
  • rub someone's nose in something
  • rum nose
  • see no further than (the end of) (one's) (own) nose
  • see no further than the end of nose
  • see no further than the end of one’s nose
  • snotnose(d) kid
  • snot-nosed
  • stick (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted
  • stick (one's) nose (up) in the air
  • stick (one's) nose in(to) (something)
  • stick nose in
  • stick nose up in the air
  • stick one’s nose in
  • stick one’s nose in where it’s not wanted
  • strap on the (old) nosebag
  • take (something) on the nose
  • take (something) through the nose
  • take a nosedive
  • take it on the chin
  • take it on the nose
  • take it through the nose
  • the nose knows
  • the nosebleed section
  • the nosebleeds
  • thrust (one's) nose in(to) (something)
  • thumb (one's) nose at (someone or something)
  • thumb nose
  • thumb nose at
  • thumb one's nose
  • thumb your nose at
  • thumb your nose at somebody/something
  • thumb your nose at someone
  • tie on the (old) nosebag
  • toffee-nosed
  • turn (one's) nose up at (someone or something)
  • turn nose up at
  • turn up (one's) nose at (something)
  • turn up one's nose
  • turn up one's nose at, to
  • turn up your nose at
  • turn your nose up at something
  • under nose
  • under one's nose
  • under one's nose, (right)
  • under somebody's nose
  • under someone's nose
  • under your nose
  • whiskey nose
  • wiener nose
  • win (something) by a nose
  • win by a nose
  • with (one's) nose in the air
  • with your nose in the air
References in classic literature
They all stretched themselves on the floor, their noses pointing to the ceiling.
Around The World In Eighty Days
There was good luck promised out of the crook of your nose, but ye bear fruit like the bang of a drum.
"Step down the steps," says the man with the crooked nose, "and I will enter by the door above and let ye in.
The Four Million
"I don't say it's the sort of nose one would wear out of mere foppery," he admitted.
That man, I fancy, has gone a very crooked road--by following his nose."
It was a bronze coin, and the colour, combined with the exact curve of the Roman nose and something in the very lift of the long, wiry neck, made the head of Caesar on it the almost precise portrait of Philip Hawker.
The only oddity one could fix was that his nose, which was otherwise of a good shape, was just slightly turned sideways at the tip; as if, when it was soft, it had been tapped on one side with a toy hammer.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown
The Carabineer grabbed him by the nose (it was an extremely long one and seemed made on purpose for that very thing) and returned him to Mastro Geppetto.
Adventures Of Pinocchio
Anthony's Nose = this incident probably occurred at a place on the Mohawk River called today The Noses, between Fonda and Palatine Bridge; there is another St.
Imagination and Heart
This did awake him, for he uttered "Jerry" in a low, crooning voice, and Jerry responded with a touch of his cold damp nose to the other's cheek.
He felt Jerry's cool nose against his bare calf, heard his joyous sniff, and bent and caressed him.
He pressed his cool nose to Skipper's leg, and the rose-kiss of his tongue brought him the salt taste of sea-water.
Jerry of the Islands
So he lay down, in a comfortable crouching position, his nose fully a foot away, and out of the line of the tail.
It was sitting on a log, not a foot beyond the end of his nose. Each saw the other.
Then she fell to backing away and sneezing, her nose bristling with quills like a monstrous pin- cushion.
White Fang