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Nose out

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To find using one's sense of smell. informal, transitive

    "Trained to nose out anything from a hidden handgun to a cache of dynamite, the dogs are employed to check important trains like Rajdhani Express or Ashram Express when they arrive at the platform."

  2. 2
    recognize or detect by or as if by smelling wordnet
  3. 3
    To find by searching. figuratively, informal, transitive
  4. 4
    To defeat by a small margin. informal, transitive

    "We were nosed out for the pennant that year,"

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