Idiom
smell what someone is stepping in
Meaning
Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I explain the rules, and he finally smells what I am stepping in.”
“She gave me a long look during the meeting, and I think I finally smell what she is stepping in.”
“Although the instructions were initially cryptic, the team eventually grasped the underlying strategy and began to smell what the manager was stepping in.”
Examples
simple
“I explain the rules, and he finally smells what I am stepping in.”
contextual
“She gave me a long look during the meeting, and I think I finally smell what she is stepping in.”
complex
“Although the instructions were initially cryptic, the team eventually grasped the underlying strategy and began to smell what the manager was stepping in.”
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