smell the coffee in English

Forms: smells the coffee [present, singular, third-person], smelling the coffee [participle, present], smelled the coffee [participle, past], smelled the coffee [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} smell the coffee (third-person singular simple present smells the coffee, present participle smelling the coffee, simple past and past participle smelled the coffee)

Inflected forms

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"smell the coffee" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms