Usually means: Detect using sense of smell.
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  1. sniff out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sniff out: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sniff out: Vocabulary.com
  4. sniff out: Wiktionary
  5. sniff out: Dictionary.com
  6. sniff out: Rhymezone
  7. sniff out: FreeDictionary.org
  8. sniff out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. sniff out: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sniff out: Encyclopedia

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  1. sniff out: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (sniff out)

verb:  (transitive) To find (something) by using the sense of smell.
verb:  (transitive, figurative, by extension) To detect (something hidden or invisible).

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