smell out

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smell out - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  smell out
      v 1: recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell
           out trouble" [syn: sniff out, scent out, smell out,
           nose out]
      2: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I
         sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out
         corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]