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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Smoke out

· Smoke· out · IPA
01 v. t. To drive from a refuge or hiding place by causing dense smoke or other noxious fumes to permeate the refuge; as, the police smoked out the …
  1. 1.
    To drive from a refuge or hiding place by causing dense smoke or other noxious fumes to permeate the refuge; as, the police smoked out the bank robbers with tear gas.
  2. 2.
    To expose; to force into public view; to reveal in its true light; as, the reporter smoked out the waffling candidate with a direct question, exposing his view on the issue.[metaphorical]