smoked out
Driven from hiding
Smoked out means forced from hiding or concealment, as animals or people are driven from dens or buildings by filling the space with smoke.
The phrase extends to any exposure of hidden things: Investigators smoked out the source of the leak.
Someone smoked out may also be thoroughly intoxicated from marijuana: We got completely smoked out last night.
- corneredUnable to flee
- uncoveredMade visible or known
- revealedMade visible or known
- unearthedRetrieved from the ground
- puffingLabored breathing, short bursts
escape · hazy · brought to light · inhaling · ash · pressured · suffocated · hiding place · burn · investigated · exposed · cough · compelled · choke · disclosed · identified · flame · soot
concealment/exposure
smoked outhidden
Kept out of sight
concealed · covered up · buried · suppressed · camouflaged
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