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scope out
verb
- to assess the potential of an opportunity or suggestion
a scoping-out study
Example Sentences
“I think we all liked handicapping quite a bit, so I distinctly remember a lot of trips down to the paddock to scope out who looked good before races and trying to hustle bets and stuff like that.”
"Find out from your friends and relatives what they would pay for from you. That's a fantastic way to scope out which of your skills and expertise is monetizable with a built-in market," said Taylor Price, a Gen Z personal finance expert and founder of Priceless Tay.
The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Trump is believed to have used a drone to scope out the Pennsylvania rally site, an official says.
In trying to protect their privacy, the Murdochs have had their security team scope out which entrance of the courthouse has the fewest reporters waiting outside.
But as the pop-soul hitmaker sang about wanting to “buy all of the things I never had” not long into his concert Thursday night at Inglewood’s new Intuit Dome, you couldn’t help but scope out Steve Ballmer, who’d used his vast wealth to do just that by building a long-awaited home for his beloved Clippers basketball team.
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