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smell out

v. recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "H can smell out trouble" [syn: sniff out, scent out, nose out]

Usage examples of "smell out".

War Memorial Drive became Highway 150 outside of Peoria, and Dale drove the Buick the back way to Elm Haven, leaving the window open to air the cigarette smell out of the car.

And even after he escaped Leviathan, it would take several more weeks for Kostas to get the smell out of his clothes.

It was ironic that the only way to get a good smell out of the jungle was to blast it to hell, and even that didn't last.

Dan ran the air conditioner to try to get the smell out of the car.

You could send that smell out to the cleaners but when you got it back it would smell just the same.

For my book you could smell out the currents in all ten hells and still have time for breakfast.

One could feel that he was making a desperate effort to respond and trying, warily, to smell out any traps that might be set for him.