smoke out

• Verbe à particule signifiant forcer quelqu'un ou quelque chose à sortir d'une cachette, ou révéler quelque chose de caché, souvent à l'aide de fumée ou métaphoriquement en exerçant une pression.

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.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Force out of hidinginformal

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

   Débusquer (par la fumée ou par la force)

   • 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.

   Synonymesdrive outexposeferret outroot outuncover

2. Expose or revealinformal

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

   débusquer, faire sortir, révéler

   • 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.

   Synonymesdig upexposeferret outrevealroot outuncoverunearth

Verbe de basesmoke