smoke

/sməʊk/ verb

Definition

CIGARETTE [I, T] › to breathe smoke into your mouth from a cigarette: Do you mind if I smoke? She smokes thirty cigarettes a day.

MEAT/FISH [T] › to give meat or fish a special taste by hanging it over burning wood: smoked ham/salmon

PRODUCE SMOKE [I] › to produce or send out smoke: smoking chimneys → See also chain-smoke

(Definition of smoke verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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