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smell a rat
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smell a ratverb
To sense something suspicious.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To smell a Rat
To be put on the watch by suspicion as the cat by the scent of a rat; to suspect danger.
Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat,
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate. Hudibras, p. i.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of smell a rat in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of smell a rat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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