stink out
Britishverb
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to drive out or away by a foul smell
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to cause to stink
the smell of orange peel stinks out the room
Example Sentences
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He said a few fans “make a big stink out there — a few knuckleheads who wreck it.”
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2021
It doesn't help that boxers like to stink out equations with red herrings, consciously and sub-consciously.
From BBC • May 30, 2014
Just where has this Barry Zito been is the question on the minds of Giants fans who watched him stink out the joint for years after signing a seven-year $126m deal back in 2007.
From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2013
Not as bad as Rafa Marquez if only because he wasn't as expensive and didn't stick around long enough to seriously stink out the league.
From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2012
I certainly felt equal to going straight through the earth to China after my little sister, if she had stink out of sight.
From A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) by Larcom, Lucy
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