smoke

See:

CHAIN-SMOKE,

GO UP IN FLAMES or GO UP IN SMOKE,

PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT,

WATCH ONE'S DUST or WATCH ONE'S SMOKE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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watch one's dust

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go up in smoke

[go up in smoke] or [go up in flames] {v. phr.} 1. To burn; be destroyed by fire. * /The house went up in flames./ * /The barn full of […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

put that in your pipe and smoke it

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[smoke out] {v. phr.} 1. To force out with smoke. * /The boys smoked a squirrel out of a hollow tree./ * /The farmer tried to smoke some gophers out […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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