Meaning

1 senses

  1. (humorous, idiomatic)Synonym of pick up what someone is putting down.

Examples

102 sentences

  1. It smells as though someone has been smoking in here.

    Пахне, неначе хтось тут курив. — ChickenKiev

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  2. It smells in here.

    Тут смердить. — deniko

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  3. I smell something burning in the kitchen.

    ruС кухни пахнет чем-то горелым. — marafon

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  4. Don't you smell something burning in the kitchen?

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  5. Tom could smell breakfast cooking in the kitchen.

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Forms

smells what someone is stepping in, smelling what someone is stepping in, smelled what someone was stepping in, smelled what someone was stepping in
Base formsmell what someone is stepping in · to smell what someone is stepping in
3rd person singularsmells what someone is stepping in
Present participlesmelling what someone is stepping in
Past simplesmelled what someone was stepping in / smelt what someone was stepping in
Past participlesmelled what someone was stepping in / smelt what someone was stepping in

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysmell what someone is stepping in
he, she, itsmells what someone is stepping in

Past simpleLesson

all personssmelled what someone was stepping in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave smelled what someone was stepping in
he, she, ithas smelled what someone was stepping in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill smell what someone is stepping in

Synonyms

1 synonyms
pick up what someone is putting down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
smearsmegmasmellA1smellysmelt
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