pry
$ \mathrm{pry}^1 |prī|
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verb (pries, prying, pried) no object
inquire too closely into a person's private affairs:
【私生活などを】のぞく, 詮索する «into»
e.g. sorry, I didn't mean to pry
e.g. I'm sick of you prying into my personal life.
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘peer inquisitively’): of unknown origin.
$ \mathrm{pry}^2 |prī|
verb (pries, prying, pried) with object mainly North American
use force in order to move or open (something) or to separate (something) from something else:
…を力ずくで引き離す, 取りはずす, 持ち上げる, 開ける(away, off)
e.g. using a screwdriver, he pried open the window.
(pry something out of/from) obtain something from (someone) with effort or difficulty:
【人から】〈秘密など〉を苦労して手に入れる［聞き出す］ «out of»
e.g. I got the loan, though I had to pry it out of him.
ORIGIN
early 19th century: from the verb prise, interpreted as pries, third person singular of the present tense.