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come up/out smelling like roses idiom US(UKcome up/out smelling of roses) to have people believe that you are good and honest after a difficult situation that could have made you seem bad or dishonest: When the results of the fraud investigation were announced last week, the managers came up smelling like roses. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Innocent accuse acquit acquit someone of something acquittal be above/beyond reproachidiom be in the clearidiom cleared come up/out smelling of rosesidiom culpability culpably exculpate guiltlessly inculpable innocence innocency innocent reproach sinlessly smell squeaky-clean |