SMOKE OUT


Meaning of SMOKE OUT in English

If you ~ 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 ~ tax evaders.

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

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