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smell out

/smɛl aʊt/

smell outverb

smelled out

Past Simple

smelled out

Past Participle

smelling out

Gerund

/smɛl aʊt/

Translations

The detective was able to smell out the hidden clues.

Детектив смог вынюхивать скрытые улики.

Definitions

To detect or discover something by using the sense of smell.

The dog was trained to smell out explosives at the airport.

To discover or detect something through intuition or investigation.

The journalist managed to smell out the truth behind the scandal.

Synonyms

ferret out

sniff out

root out