get smoking

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When I got to Richmond, the first thing I did was take on the powerful tobacco industry to get smoking out of restaurants.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2017

The issue of children's safety also seemed to be a keystone in the government's move to get smoking out of public housing.

From US News • Nov. 13, 2015

Woes in smoke-filled rooms Nonsmokers have been fighting for years to get smoking banned from public places.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then when the big pan of fat on the stove was just beginning to get smoking hot, the pies were launched gently in at one side and allowed to sink and rise.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

Melt one-half teaspoon of drippings in a frying-pan and be careful to let it get smoking hot.

From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Greenbaum, Florence Kreisler