Meaning of nose out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To find using one's sense of smell.
   informal, transitive
2. To find by searching.
   figuratively, informal, transitive
3. To defeat by a small margin.
   informal, transitive

Examples

“Trained to nose out anything from a hidden handgun to a cache of dynamite, the dogs are employed to check important trains like⟳ Rajdhani Express⟳ or Ashram Express⟳ when they arrive⟳ at the platform.”

“In the second place⟳, do sharks really follow⟳ ships, when there are corpses on board⟳, more than they do at other times ? and if so, by what particular organisation does a fish⟳ in the water continue⟳ to nose out the particular origin and direction of an effluvium...”

“We were nosed out for the pennant that year,”

“Rashnaa nosed out Amiable Grace to finish⟳ a distant third in a field reduced to seven after the scratches of Comic Marvel and Dance⟳ to the Moon...”

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