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
They reproached him in chorus, coming nearer to the fire to let the fierce heat draw the stink out of their clothes.
From The Eye of Zeitoon by Mundy, Talbot
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