'smell out' definitions:

Definition of 'smell out'

From: WordNet
verb
Recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell out trouble" [syn: sniff out, scent out, smell out, nose out]
verb
Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]