smoking out

verb

present participle of smoke out
as in raking up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoking out
  1. owning
  2. acknowledging
  3. giving away
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  • The Brewers are the small-market overachievers, who somehow have retained their little-engine-that-could persona despite owning the best regular-season record in baseball last year.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • There was leakage from the defensive front, which at times struggled setting the edge, and owning the line of scrimmage.
    — Omar Kelly August 15, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of owning
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  • Analysts remain cautiously optimistic, acknowledging progress but awaiting sustained profit and traffic growth.
    — Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • West Ham released a statement on Thursday acknowledging the chant and urging supporters not to replicate it at home to Charlton Athletic on Saturday.
    — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of acknowledging
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  • Insomnia Cookies is giving away 30,000 cookies for the back-to-school season.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of giving away
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