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smoke out

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
smoke somebody out
to force someone to stop hiding He didn't just walk into the police station and surrender, we had to smoke him out of hiding. To prevent such attacks, you have to smoke out the bad guys before they reach their targets.
See also: out, smoke

smoke out something

to find something The company is trying to smoke out a buyer for its weaker divisions.
See also: out, smoke


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