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smelled the coffee

smelled the coffee is the simple past and past participle of smell the coffee.

Meaning of smell the coffee

Verb

smell the coffee (third-person singular simple present smells the coffee, present participle smelling the coffee, simple past and past participle smelled the coffee)

  1. To wake up and smell the coffee.
    • The gay and lesbian movement has been white and middle class, and it is very meaningful for working class gay and gay people of color that our movement has finally smelled the coffee on this and it is taking up in a major way.1991 December 15, Jacob Smith Yang, quoting Sue Hyde, “Anti-ROTC Or Anti-Military?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 22, page 6

Questions about smelled the coffee

What is smelled the coffee the simple past and past participle of?
Smelled the coffee is the simple past and past participle of smell the coffee.

Words near smelled the coffee in the dictionary

  1. smelled like a tart's handkerchief
  2. smelled of the lamp
  3. smelled of the shop
  4. smelled out
  5. smelled the barn
  6. smelled the coffee
  7. smelled up
  8. smelled what someone was stepping in
  9. smeller
  10. smeller out
  11. smellers

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