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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  • Timberview will be the top seed in the playoffs, owning a 54-7 win over Midlothian Heritage, and can be the district champion alone if the Wolves win at Corsicana on Thursday.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Republicans in Tennessee and Arkansas have passed laws that would ban any one company from owning both a pharmacy and a PBM — thought the Arkansas measure has been held up in court.
    — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of owning
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  • Conwell closed with 13 points, acknowledging that his function is to play as a disruptor.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Shikishima and his allies try their best to combat the extraterrestrial threat while debating whether Godzilla is worth the risk of resurrection, acknowledging that sometimes the only way to beat one kaiju is with another.
    — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of acknowledging
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  • Employees from Jones Bel Air Subaru attended the clinic, greeting pet owners and giving away Subaru stuffed toys to the first 150 dogs in line.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • And the core move, giving away most of the money while keeping the vote, is one Mark Zuckerberg tried at Facebook and dropped in 2017 in the face of a shareholder lawsuit.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 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 8 Nov. 2026.

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