smuggle (someone or something) past (someone or something)
smuggle (someone or something) past (someone or something)
To transport someone or something across some border or past a person or organization who monitors such a border in a surreptitious or hidden manner, especially when it is illegal to do so. A: "I really miss the fresh salami they make back home, but I can't bring it through customs with me." B: "I'll try to smuggle some past customs for you the next time I come to visit." They had been smuggling drugs past the border patrol by hiding them inside of tubs of ice cream.
See also: past, smuggle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
smuggle someone or something past
(someone or something) to move something past a guard or monitor illegally and in secret. We failed in our attempt to smuggle Mary past the border. It is easy to smuggle wine past the border guards.
See also: past, smuggle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- smuggle past
- smuggle through
- smuggle (someone or something) through (something or some place)
- smuggle (someone or something) into (some place)
- smuggle
- smuggle (someone or something) across
- smuggle across
- smuggling
- smuggle (someone or something) out (of some place)
- smuggle in