smoke somebody out

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˌsmoke sb/sthˈout derived
1. to force sb/sth to come out of a place by filling it with smoke
•to smoke out wasps from a nest
2. to take action to discover where sb is hiding or to make a secret publicly known
• The police are determined to smoke out the leaders of the gang.
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