nose out

nose out
verb
recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
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He can smell out trouble

• Syn: ↑sniff out, ↑scent out, ↑smell out
• Entailment: ↑smell
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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transitive verb
1. : to discover by prying : ferret out : smell out

found that detectives were nosing out divorce evidence

our horses were able to nose out the trail despite the darkness

2. : to defeat by a narrow margin

he was nosed out in the primary

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nose out
To move forward slowly into traffic (in a vehicle)
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Main Entry: ↑nose

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ˌnose ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they nose out he/she/it noses out present participle nosing out past tense nosed out past participle nosed out] phrasal verb
to find out information, especially something that someone does not want you to know

We’ve managed to nose out a few things that I’m sure he wouldn’t want to be made public.

Thesaurus: to find out informationsynonym
Main entry: nose

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nose out [phrasal verb]
nose (someone or something) out or nose out (someone or something)
1 : to defeat (someone or something) by a small amount in a race or other competition

My horse was/got nosed out at the finish line.

The home team barely nosed out the visitors.

2 : to find (information) by careful searching

The detective nosed out some interesting information on the suspect.

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Main Entry: ↑nose

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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