smoke out

• Verbo frasal que significa obligar a alguien o algo a salir de un escondite, o revelar algo oculto, a menudo mediante el uso de humo o, metafóricamente, ejerciendo presión.

A phrasal verb used to indicate forcing someone or something out of a hiding place, or to reveal something hidden, often by using smoke or metaphorically by applying pressure.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Force out of hidinginformal

   To force someone or something out of a hiding place, often using smoke or other means.

   sacar a la fuerza de un escondite

   • The firefighters used a special device to smoke out the trapped cat.
   • The police tried to smoke out the suspect from the abandoned building.
   • They used smoke bombs to smoke out the enemy soldiers.

   Sinónimosdrive outexposeferret outroot outuncover

2. Expose or revealinformal

   To force someone to reveal their true intentions or to expose something hidden.

   sacar a la luz / desenmascarar

   • The investigation aimed to smoke out the corrupt officials.
   • The journalist's questions smoked out the truth about the scandal.
   • The new policy is designed to smoke out any hidden problems in the system.

   Sinónimosdig upexposeferret outrevealroot outuncoverunearth

Verbo basesmoke