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1 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) lede (noen) på villsporEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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2 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) lede (noen) på villsporEnglish-Norwegian dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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3 scent
sent 1. verb1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) lukte, være, få snusen i2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) lukte lunta, få teften av3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) parfymere2. noun1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) duft, parfyme2) (a trail consisting of the smell which has been left and may be followed: The dogs picked up the man's scent and then lost it again.) spor, lukt, teft3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) parfyme•- scented- put/throw someone off the scent
- put/throw off the scentaroma--------duft--------lukt--------parfymere--------vellukt--------væreIsubst. \/sent\/1) duft, lukt, eim2) parfyme3) ( også overført) luktesans, nese, teft4) ( ved jakt e.l., også overført) sporbe on the scent of something være på sporet av noe, være like i hælene på noefalse scent villsporget scent of få snusen ihave a keen scent for ha teft for, ha god nese fora hot\/cold scent et ferskt\/gammelt sporthrow\/put somebody off the scent eller put somebody on the wrong scent villede noen, bringe noen på villsporIIverb \/sent\/1) ( også overført) lukte, få snusen i, snuse opp, være2) ( jakt) spore3) ha parfyme på, parfymere4) spre vellukt (i), parfymerescent something out snuse opp noe, oppspore noe
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