Usually means: Emerging unscathed and positively regarded.
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  1. come out smelling of roses: Merriam-Webster
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  3. come out smelling of roses: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Come out smelling of roses)

verb:  Alternative form of smell like a rose [(idiomatic, colloquial, simile) To be regarded as appealing, virtuous, or respectable; to be untainted or unharmed.]

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