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stink_out

stink out

English

Verb

stink out (third-person singular simple present stinks out, present participle stinking out, simple past stank out, past participle stunk out)

  1. (transitive, informal) To cause to stink.
    The broccoli really stank out the refrigerator.
  2. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To perform very badly in (a place).
  3. (transitive, informal) To drive from a place by a stink.
    • 1985 January 3, “Zoning Could Protect Pender”, in Star-News, Wilmington, NC:
      They could build a fertilizer factory and stink you out.

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