smoking out

verb

present participle of smoke out
as in raking up

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  1. owning
  2. acknowledging
  3. giving away
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  • The mortgage payment is only one part of the total cost of owning a home.
    — Deane Biermeier, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The article suggests this path provides ultimate career security by owning cash flow, rather than navigating volatile corporate ladders.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of owning
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  • Raskin opened the missive by acknowledging that Paramount has not responded to his four previous inquiries in the past 12 months.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Mark Kelly hopes to see historical markers placed in a park or along a walking trail in the subdivision acknowledging the history of the land.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of acknowledging
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  • Perry did not say whether those three expenditures were from the campaign giving away Durk’s money after his October 2024 arrest on murder-for-hire charges.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Giovannoni showed that the free, open-source tool successfully tricked scammers into giving away their own private personal information, such as phone numbers, addresses, and even bank account details.
    — Kim Key, PC Magazine, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of giving away
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“Smoking out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoking%20out. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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