smoke (someone) up

smoke (someone) up
 v. phr.— «There was lots of hash around, more or less for free. No one would *sell* us any, but they just loved to smoke us up and send us on our ways with a gram or three in our pockets.» —“Re: Hash” by David Johnston Usenet: alt.drugs Feb. 14, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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