单词 | smokeout |
释义 | smokeout[ smohk-out ] / ˈsmoʊkˌaʊt / nouna day during which smokers are encouraged to abstain from smoking as part of a campaign to emphasize the hazards of the practice. Origin of smokeoutpatterned on phrasal verbs with out as a perfective particle, as put out, stamp out, etc. Words nearby smokeoutsmokejumper, smokeless, smokeless powder, smokeless tobacco, smokeless zone, smokeout, smoke pot, smokeproof, smoker, Smokerlyzer, smoker's cough Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for smokeoutsmoke out verb (tr, adverb)to subject to smoke in order to drive out of hiding to bring into the open; expose to the publicthey smoked out the plot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with smokeoutsmoke out Expose, reveal, bring to public view, as in Reporters thrive on smoking out a scandal. This expression alludes to driving a person or animal out of a hiding place by filling it with smoke. [Late 1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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