scope sth/sb out
US informal— phrasal verb with scope uk/skəʊp/us/skoʊp/verb
to look carefully to see if something or someone is interesting or attractive:
We scoped out the local area to see if it would be a good place to rent a flat.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- go through sth
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- measure
- proof
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- store
- survey
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