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put a dog off the scent
put a dog off the scent
to distract a dog from trailing the scent of someone or an animal. The odor of a skunk put the dogs off the scent.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Ebele | | - | Western African, Igbo |
| Zbigniew | | ZBEEG-nyef | Polish |
| Gwilym | | - | Welsh |
| ÉVa | | AY-vaw | Hungarian |
| Boniface | | BAWN-ə-fays (English), BAWN-ə-fəs (English) | French, English (Rare) |
| Fareeha | | - | Arabic, Urdu |