scope out
phrasal verb
scoped out; scoping out; scopes out
US, informal
: to look at (someone or something) especially in order to get information
They scoped out the area before setting up the tent.
Players were scoping out the competition.
He wants to scope out all of the possibilities before deciding what to do.
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Production has yet to begin, but sources told Variety that White has been spending time in Thailand scoping out sites.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 17 Mar. 2025
This involves scoping out and analyzing where to do fuel reduction, and monitoring smoke after lightning strikes and at campgrounds.
—Dua Anjum, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Another case involved a man who had written plans to commit a mass shooting and scoped out Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
Adames also stopped by the Arizona complex after signing his record-setting seven-year, $182 million contract, ostensibly to check out the Giants’ facilities and scope out houses in the Scottsdale area.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 17 Mar. 2025
This involves scoping out and analyzing where to do fuel reduction, and monitoring smoke after lightning strikes and at campgrounds.
—Dua Anjum, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
Another case involved a man who had written plans to commit a mass shooting and scoped out Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
Adames also stopped by the Arizona complex after signing his record-setting seven-year, $182 million contract, ostensibly to check out the Giants’ facilities and scope out houses in the Scottsdale area.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Scope out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scope%20out. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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