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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Strategy gets collapsed into execution, bold thinking is scoped out and the creativity that once made this business remarkable is sold off by the hour.
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Jacquelyn Lamar Berney, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Be sure to scope out our Amazon Prime Day 2025 hub for all the savings.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
Originally, the town farmland that the data center would occupy was scoped out for an unknown microchip company around May of 2024.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Clive, the giant alien in Covington Clive is a roughly 30-foot-tall, green alien who scopes out passersby through his magnifying glass in Covington, Kentucky.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Jacquelyn Lamar Berney, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Be sure to scope out our Amazon Prime Day 2025 hub for all the savings.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
Originally, the town farmland that the data center would occupy was scoped out for an unknown microchip company around May of 2024.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
Clive, the giant alien in Covington Clive is a roughly 30-foot-tall, green alien who scopes out passersby through his magnifying glass in Covington, Kentucky.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Scope out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scope%20out. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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