smell out

Verb
  1. Recognize or detect by or as if by smelling (synset 202129925)
    "He can smell out trouble"
    entail: smell - inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
    same as: nose out, scent out, sniff out
  2. Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively (synset 200590864)
    "I sense his hostility"; "I smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"
    is a type of: perceive - become conscious of
    same as: sense, smell

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