"smell what someone is stepping in" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "smells what someone is stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelling what someone is stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelled what someone was stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelled what someone was stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelt what someone was stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelt what someone was stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "smell<,,:smelt> what someone is<is,is,was> stepping in",
        "head": "smell what someone is stepping in"
      },
      "expansion": "smell what someone is stepping in (third-person singular simple present smells what someone is stepping in, present participle smelling what someone is stepping in, simple past and past participle smelled what someone was stepping in or smelt what someone was stepping in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pick up what someone is putting down"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 5, Stan Pinato, ACES High, FriesenPress, page 277",
          "text": "“I have seen it before. I'll get the carriage ready and meet you two at the paddock,” says Wilson. ... “There were a lot of British sailors on the Hougoumont and you know how sailor's talk. ... You smell what I'm stepping in?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down."
      ],
      "id": "en-smell_what_someone_is_stepping_in-en-verb-ScECvnUk",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "pick up what someone is putting down",
          "pick up what someone is putting down#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, humorous) Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "humorous",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "smell what someone is stepping in"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "smells what someone is stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelling what someone is stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelled what someone was stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelled what someone was stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelt what someone was stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "smelt what someone was stepping in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "smell<,,:smelt> what someone is<is,is,was> stepping in",
        "head": "smell what someone is stepping in"
      },
      "expansion": "smell what someone is stepping in (third-person singular simple present smells what someone is stepping in, present participle smelling what someone is stepping in, simple past and past participle smelled what someone was stepping in or smelt what someone was stepping in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "pick up what someone is putting down"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 5, Stan Pinato, ACES High, FriesenPress, page 277",
          "text": "“I have seen it before. I'll get the carriage ready and meet you two at the paddock,” says Wilson. ... “There were a lot of British sailors on the Hougoumont and you know how sailor's talk. ... You smell what I'm stepping in?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "pick up what someone is putting down",
          "pick up what someone is putting down#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, humorous) Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "humorous",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "smell what someone is stepping in"
}