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scent
(redirected from thrown off the scent)

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See: clue, follow, trace


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Bogart made a habit of introducing her in company as his 'mistress', explaining to Thompson later that he believed the joke would ensure suspicious minds were thrown off the scent.
Betting-market followers were thrown off the scent with Sir Michael Stoute's newcomer Random Call in the seven-furlong maiden.
Red herrings, or kippers as we now know them, were often used to see if a fox hound could be thrown off the scent of its prey.
 
 
 
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