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smoke someone 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.

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smoke out something

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

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