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follow one's nose

VERB
range
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cover drift encompass reach spread
STRONG
circumambulate cross cruise explore float gallivant globetrot meander ply prowl ramble reconnoiter rove scour search straggle stray stroll sweep traipse tramp travel traverse trek
WEAK
hit the road hit the trail make circuit pass over
Antonyms
STRONGEST
exclude
STRONG
go direct remain run rush stay
WEAK
be direct disorder disorganize limit restrict
VERB
wander
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amble cruise drift float hike meander ramble roam saunter straggle stray stroll traipse trek
STRONG
aberrate circumambulate deviate divagate diverge gad gallivant globetrot jaunt maunder peregrinate range roll rove trail tramp
WEAK
circumlocute circumnutate hopscotch take to the road walk the tracks
Antonyms
STRONGEST
go direct run stay

Example Sentences

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How would it be, do you think, if, just for a change, one could follow one's nose to Germany and bury it in snow or hoarfrost?

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

One can follow one's nose on a message here, and be sure it won't be bit off by the way.

From Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts by Colman, George

To follow one's nose; to go strait forward.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis