- smoke out something
- smoke out (something)
to find something.
The company is trying to smoke out a buyer for its weaker divisions.
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smoke out something
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smoke out — (something) to find something. The company is trying to smoke out a buyer for its weaker divisions … New idioms dictionary
smoke out — verb drive out with smoke smoke out the bees • Hypernyms: ↑rout out, ↑drive out, ↑force out, ↑rouse • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody … Useful english dictionary
smoke out — 1) force out with smoke The rats were smoked out of their nests by the black smoke. 2) find out the facts about something They were able to easily smoke out the real reasons for his decision to leave the company … Idioms and examples
let\ the\ smoke\ out — To make something smoke by accident, usually damaging it. Most often used when in reference to electronics or automotive work. If you install your own sound system without following the directions, there s a good chance you ll let the smoke out … Dictionary of american slang
let\ the\ smoke\ out — To make something smoke by accident, usually damaging it. Most often used when in reference to electronics or automotive work. If you install your own sound system without following the directions, there s a good chance you ll let the smoke out … Dictionary of american slang
smoke — [smōk] n. [ME < OE smoca, akin to Ger schmauch < IE base * smeukh , to smoke > Gr smychein, to smolder, Ir mūch, smoke] 1. a) vaporous matter arising from something burning and made visible by minute particles of carbon suspended in it… … English World dictionary
smoke — smoke1 W3S3 [sməuk US smouk] n [: Old English; Origin: smoca] 1.) [U] white, grey or black gas that is produced by something burning ▪ clouds of black smoke ▪ cigarette smoke ▪ Smoke from burning fields drifted across nearby roads. ▪ the pall of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
smoke — smokelike, adj. /smohk/, n., v., smoked, smoking. n. 1. the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, esp. the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of … Universalium
smoke — [[t]smo͟ʊk[/t]] ♦♦ smokes, smoking, smoked 1) N UNCOUNT Smoke consists of gas and small bits of solid material that are sent into the air when something burns. A cloud of black smoke blew over the city... The air was thick with cigarette smoke.… … English dictionary
smoke — 1 noun 1 (U) grey gas that is produced by something burning: Clouds of black smoke belched from the building. | cigarette smoke 2 (countable usually singular) an act of smoking a cigarette etc: a cup of coffee and a smoke 3 (C) slang a cigarette… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
