smell out

• Verbe à particule signifiant découvrir ou révéler quelque chose grâce à l'intuition ou à une investigation, souvent utilisé au sens figuré.

A phrasal verb meaning to detect or discover something through intuition or investigation, often used figuratively.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Detect by smellinformal

   To discover or locate something by using the sense of smell.

   détecter par l'odorat

   • The dog smelled out the hidden treats in the garden.
   • She smelled out the source of the strange odor in the kitchen.
   • The police used a trained dog to smell out the drugs.

   Synonymesnose outscent outsniff out

2. Discover or uncoverinformal

   To find out something hidden or secret through investigation or intuition.

   découvrir, dénicher

   • The journalist smelled out the corruption scandal.
   • He smelled out the lies in her story.
   • They smelled out the truth after weeks of research.

   Synonymesdetectdiscoverferret outfind outroot outsniff outuncover

Verbe de basesmell