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Meanings of
sniff out
in anglès
portuguès
farejar
català
olorar
espanyol
olfatear
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Recognize or detect by or as if by smelling.
scent out
smell out
nose out
català
olorar
Sinònims
Examples for "
scent out
"
scent out
smell out
nose out
Examples for "
scent out
"
1
They
scent
out
by instinct a chance of taking advantage of people.
2
They divine purses in pockets, they
scent
out
watches in fobs.
3
Sniff the
scent
out
of a wild flower, and-perhaps-throwitaway?
4
A pretty hound to
scent
out
master's lost goods.
5
All the sunlight seemed to have gone out of the world, all the
scent
out
of the roses.
1
I believe I can almost
smell
out
a heretic or a traitor.
2
She did not say so, but I can
smell
out
an enemy.
3
You have to get some chemical thing that takes the
smell
out
.
4
We must
smell
out
the pantry that holds the dried fish.
5
Your nose must have been a sharp one, to
smell
out
any there.
1
For another week, he wouldn't stick his
nose
out
of the room.
2
And I think you should keep your
nose
out
of this, Marcus.
3
Keep the Big Man's
nose
out
of things, do you hear me?
4
Her
nose
out
of joint because she could not have an earl!
5
The Turk doesn't poke his
nose
out
of his hole without McCluskey.
Usage of
sniff out
in anglès
1
I'll need scouts and guardsmen with strong noses to
sniff
out
ambushes.
2
We're going to try and
sniff
out
more details before the show.
3
Why are you laughing? The old Tildy: quick to
sniff
out
insurrection.
4
The police dogs are trained to
sniff
out
narcotics, firearms and explosives.
5
The dog was raised to
sniff
out
civil rights workers & beatniks.
6
Maybe a police dog could
sniff
out
explosives in his locker .
7
She's got the ability to
sniff
out
a try, Wright said.
8
Put another way, New York could
sniff
out
a phony in a heartbeat.
9
Mies could always
sniff
out
where the money and power was.
10
In 2005, the military trained honeybees to
sniff
out
land mines.
11
Disturbed, the imposing animal raises its trunk to
sniff
out
the four-wheeled intruder.
12
There are, after all, only so many ways to
sniff
out
nuclear malfeasance.
13
Household pooches are being trained to
sniff
out
invasive fish species.
14
Strategos auditors would likely
sniff
out
Shoshang and seize the money back anyway.
15
She had a feeling that someone like Baltar would easily
sniff
out
weakness.
16
But I'm worried those starfighters will
sniff
out
our ion signatures.
Other examples for "sniff out"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
sniff
out
sniff
Verb
Preposition
Translations for
sniff out
portuguès
farejar
català
olorar
ensumar
espanyol
olfatear
husmear
oler
olisquear
Sniff out
through the time
Sniff out
across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common