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smell out
verb as in detect
verb as in ferret out
verb as in locate
verb as in trace
verb as in track/track down
Example Sentences
Why, to keep one's eyes of either side 's nose, that what a man can not smell out, he may spy out.
Now that this place is to be a home again and not a sanitarium, let's retint and get the public institution smell out of it.
Aunt Betsy was in her pleasant kitchen taking something with a delicious, spicy smell out of the oven.
I'll bet he's got a chap or two that he can trust to smell out the traps if they are close handy the old spot.
"Do you sind the dog forward and let him smell out the difficulty," suggested Tim O'Rooney.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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