puff of smoke

collocation in English

meaningsofpuffandsmoke

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puff
noun
uk
/pʌf/us
/pʌf/
a small amount of smoke, air, or something that can rise into the air in a ...
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smoke
noun
uk
/sməʊk/us
/smoʊk/
the grey, black, or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when ...
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(Definition ofpuffandsmokefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpuff of smoke

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Abstinence was defined as not a singlepuffofsmoke7 days before follow-up by self-report.
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An industrial soufflé that collapses at the firstpuffofsmoke.
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Anyway, thank goodness the voucher system seems to have vanished in apuffofsmoke—we hope for good.
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One no longer hears the chug-chug of the engine or sees apuffofsmokeagainst the sky line.
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Traffic does not disappear in apuffofsmoke, into thin air.
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But within a few weeks of the election, in apuffofsmokeand a flash of light, the proposal disappeared.
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No commercial operation can really make longterm decisions in the light of the fact that it is likely to disappear into apuffofsmokeevery eight years.
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There was apuffofsmoke.
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Is it part of the scheme that when the result is finally known, the ballot papers should be burnt and apuffofsmokeof the appropriate colour be emitted?
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Straw is a national resource which, in the interests of our environment and conservation must be exploited and not simply burnt away in apuffofsmoke.
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If an icon is dragged and dropped vertically it will disappear with apuffofsmoke, much like the icons in the dock.
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She says that tragedy is in the air, disappearing in apuffofsmoke.
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If the number of the day was zero, the organ disappeared in apuffofsmoke.
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The dove prince flies around the palace, and through a window he sees the shepherdess, who suddenly vanishes in apuffofsmoke.
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Rook has also suggested (or threatened) that people like him are magicians, able to make people disappear in apuffofsmoke.
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She has a habit of materializing in a room without even a warningpuffofsmoke.
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There was a flash (the flashcubes) and apuffofsmoke, but the firecrackers did not go off.
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Touching apuffofsmokestarts a battle.
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He showed he could teleport things in apuffofsmoke.
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