sniff sth/sb out
mainly US UK usually smell sth/sb out— phrasal verb with sniff uk/snɪf/us/snɪf/verb
to discover where something or someone is by smelling:
At customs, dogs are used to sniff out drugs in passengers' luggage.
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Smells & smelling
- acrid
- aroma
- beery
- bouquet
- cheesy
- foetid
- fragrance
- frowsty
- odour
- pungent
- putrid
- scratch-and-sniff
- smell somewhere out
- smell sth/sb out
- smelly
- sour
- stagnant
- stinky
- whiffy
- woody
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