smell up

Idioms  

1. Also, stink up. Cause a bad odor, as in These onions smell up the whole house, or Your old sneakers are stinking up the closet; throw them out. [Mid-1900s]

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Example Sentences

The worst they’ve done is smell up the house after rolling around outside with a couple of dirty beagles.

From The Wall Street Journal

In some cases, moisture will drip down into the heating element, which can smell up your house or even short the wiring and destroy the dehydrator.

From Salon

It’s messy, it smells up the house and there’s a lot of hot oil involved that, once it’s been used a few times, needs to be dealt with.

From Washington Post

“We smell up the whole area but we have a nice smell. It’s cinnamon and peanut butter,” Berman said.

From Los Angeles Times

“It smells up the cabin immediately, and you can smell it from the back, from the front, wherever you’re at in the aircraft,” Peralta says.

From Seattle Times