SMOKE OUT


Meaning of SMOKE OUT in English

If you smoke out someone who is hiding, you discover them and make them publicly known.

The committee have tried dozens of different ways to smoke him out.

...technology to smoke out tax evaders.

PHRASAL VERB : V n P , V P n (not pron)

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