Collocations for "probe"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "probe" in context.
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probe
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- probe the [wound, cut, muscle]
- the [doctor, nurse, surgeon] probed the [wound]
- probe the depths of the [ocean, sea]
- [police, detectives] are probing the [case, death, disappearance]
- probe (it) [further]
- probed with [his hands, a camera, an instrument]
- probed her for [information, clues, answers]
- probed by [his wife, the interviewer, a reporter]
- probe into the [matter, problem, issue]
- probed into her [personal, love, social] life
- probe into [allegations, revelations, investigations, claims] (that)
- probed his conscience
- a [rectal, medical] probe
- use a probe to [determine, detect, see, measure]
- a probe (used) for
- inserted a probe into
- passed the probe over the [skin, wound]
- a [temperature, scanning, DNA] probe
- a space probe
- sent a probe to [Mars, the Moon]
- the probe descended [to the surface, through the atmosphere]
- the probe was designed to
- the probe's [instruments, solar panels, generators]
- [an FBI, a government] probe into [corruption, embezzlement]
'probe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):