smoke sb/sth out
— phrasal verb with smoke uk/sməʊk/us/smoʊk/verb
If you smoke out an animal or person that is hiding, you force them to leave the place where they are by filling it with smoke:
figurative There will be a tougher approach to smoking out (= finding) tax dodgers.
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- gun dog
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- reel
- shooter
- sinker
- smoke
- snare
- spoor
- tally-ho
- trail
- trap
- troll
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Evicting and forcing to leave