To smell a rat

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	See under Smell.
	to have a sense of something wrong, not clearly evident; to have reason for suspicion.

See also: Rat Smell

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pursuit rat smell Smelling suspect Suspiciousness			Here Honour, being again charged with a commission of enquiry, had no sooner applied herself to the landlady, and had described the person of Mr Jones, than that sagacious woman began, in the vulgar phrase, to smell a rat. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context			To shut together To shut up To sift out To sing placebo To sit To sit at To sit at chambers To sit at meat To sit down To sit for a fellowship To sit on brood To sit out To sit under To sit up To size up To skin a flint To slam to To sleep away To sleep off To slight off To slip a cable To slip off To slip on To slip the cable To slip the collar To smell a rat To smell of the lamp To smell of the shop To smell out To smite hip and thigh To smite off To smite out To smite with the tongue To smoke the pipe of peace To snake one's toilet To snap back To snap off To snub a cable To snuff out To sound in To sound the charge To sow one's wild oats To spare one's self To speak a ship To speak by the book To speak by the card To speak fair To speak for Buncombe To speak of To speak out To speak well for			To sift out To sing placebo To sit To sit at To sit at chambers To sit at meat To sit down To sit for a fellowship To sit on brood To sit out To sit under To sit up To size up To Skin A Cat To skin a flint To slam to To sleep away To sleep off To slight off To slip a cable To slip off To slip on To slip the cable To slip the collar To smell a rat To smell of the lamp To smell of the shop To smell out To smite hip and thigh To smite off To smite out To smite with the tongue To smoke the pipe of peace To snake one's toilet To snap back To snap off To snub a cable To snuff out to some extent to some extent To Someone Too Sweet To Sleep Alone To Someone Too Sweet To Sleep Alone, So Move Over To sound in To sound the charge To sow one's wild oats to spare to spare to spare To spare one's self to speak to speak To speak a ship To speak by the book

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