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scent out en · VERB
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(transitive) To locate by following a scent.
'Be careful what you do,' rejoined another man's voice that I did not know, 'lest someone see you digging, and scent us out.'
[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:To be plain, I much question whether the politician, who hath generally a good nose, hath not scented out somewhat of the utility of this practice.
1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV:
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sniff out