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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.) skierować na inny trop

    English-Polish dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent

  • 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.) skierować na inny trop

    English-Polish dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent

  • 3 scent

    [sɛnt]
    n
    ( fragrance) woń f, zapach m; ( perfume) perfumy pl; ( track) ( lit, fig) trop m

    to put/throw sb off the scent ( fig) — zmylić ( perf) kogoś

    * * *
    [sent] 1. verb
    1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) zwęszyć
    2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) wyczuć instynktownie
    3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) nadać zapachem
    2. noun
    1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) zapach
    2) (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.) trop
    3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) perfumy
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    - put/throw someone off the scent
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    English-Polish dictionary > scent

  • 4 hound

    [haund] 1. vt 2. n
    pies m gończy, ogar m
    * * *
    1. noun
    (a hunting-dog: The fox threw the hounds off the scent and escaped.) ogar
    2. verb
    (to pursue or hunt (someone): The film star was constantly hounded by newspaper reporters.) tropić

    English-Polish dictionary > hound

  • 5 stifle

    ['staɪfl]
    vt
    tłumić (stłumić perf); heat, scent dławić, dusić
    * * *
    1) (to prevent, or be prevented, from breathing (easily) eg because of bad air, an obstruction over the mouth and nose etc; to suffocate: He was stifled to death when smoke filled his bedroom; I'm stifling in this heat!) dusić (się)
    2) (to extinguish or put out (flames).) tłumić, dławić
    3) (to suppress (a yawn, a laugh etc).) hamować, zdławić
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    English-Polish dictionary > stifle

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