to discover something
to find something through smell
It would sniff out the truth, however many carcasses it was hidden beneath.
Paranoid, zealous - able to sniff out international terrorism from miles away - and always, for some reason, bungling.
Record companies are keen to sniff out new bands.
Siegfried, with his keen nose, should have been able to sniff out at least a few seal holes.
This dog sniffed out 400 pounds of cocaine.
sniffs out
sniffing out
sniffed out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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