smoke around
Intermediate (B1)neutral
To smoke near other people.
"Please don't smoke around the children — it's very bad for their health."
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Fox News PRAISES Trump Son For Scoring Gov Contract
Breaking Points · 5:04
which I thought there was a lot of smoke around

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Julian Dorey · 7:33
It's just a lot of smoke around a fire, and we're allowed to comment on that.