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Verb
S:
(v)
sniff out
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scent out
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smell out
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nose out
(recognize or detect by or as if by smelling)
"He can smell out trouble"
S:
(v)
smell
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smell out
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sense
(become aware of not through the senses but instinctively)
"I sense his hostility"; "I smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"