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Definition of smoke out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

smoke out

phrasal verb
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smoke somebody/something out
  1. to force somebody/something to come out of a place by filling it with smoke
    • to smoke out wasps from a nest
  2. to take action to discover where somebody is hiding or to make a secret publicly known
    • The police are determined to smoke out the leaders of the gang.
See smoke out in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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