come up smelling like a rose (English, verb)
expansion: come up smelling like a rose (third-person singular simple present comes up smelling like a rose, present participle coming up smelling like a rose, simple past came up smelling like a rose, past participle come up smelling like a rose)
Senses:
glosses: Alternative form of smell like a rose.
tags: alt-of
alternative
Forms:
form: comes up smelling like a rose
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coming up smelling like a rose
tags: participle
present
form: came up smelling like a rose
tags: past
form: come up smelling like a rose
tags: participle
past