stink up
stink up
1. To fill something or some place with a foul odor. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stink" and "up." Tom, your tuna sandwich is stinking up the office! Please go eat it somewhere else! Please don't stink the house up with your smoking—if you have to do it, go outside.
2. To give a very poor or poorly received performance in some location. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stink" and "up." Hopefully this awful play won't be stinking up theaters for much longer. I've never seen them play so poorly. They're really stinking the place up tonight.
See also: stink, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
stink something up
to make something or some place smell very bad. Your cooking really stunk the place up! The rotten eggs will stink up the whole house.
See also: stink, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
stink up
v.
1. To cause something to have a strong foul odor: The garbage is stinking up the kitchen. Keep your shoes on so you don't stink the car up with your smelly feet!
2. To perform very poorly in some place: The movie is stinking up theaters across the US. That band really stunk the joint up last night.
See also: stink, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
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- involve with (someone or something)
- involved with
- rescue from
- rescue from (someone or something)
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- arrange for some time
- arrange some music for
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- back into (someone or something)