smuggle into some place
smuggle someone or something into some place
and smuggle someone or something into move someone or something across a border into a place illegally and in secret. The secret agent smuggled his family into the country and then defected. He smuggled in his family. smuggle someone or something out of some place and smuggle someone or something out* to move someone or something across a border out of a place illegally and in secret. Judy smuggled her cousin out of the country in a van. she smuggled out her cousin.
See also: place, smuggle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- make a secret of
- make a secret of (something)
- won't breathe a word
- not breathe a word
- not breathe a word (of something)
- scheme against
- scheme against (someone or something)
- trade secret
- a trade secret
- mum's the word!