verb
drive out with smoke
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smoke out the bees
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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smoke out [phrasal verb]
smoke (someone or something) out or smoke out (someone or something) : to force (someone or something) to leave a place by filling the place with smoke
— often used figuratively
She's determined to smoke out [=find out] the truth about what really happened.
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Main Entry: ↑smoke
Useful english dictionary. 2012.