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Discover Ludwig"scoping out" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when you want to express that you are looking around for something or gathering information about something. For example: I spent the afternoon scoping out the local pet store for a new puppy.
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scoping out
verb
Present participle of scope out
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Industrial espionage, identifying flaws in buildings, scoping out security positions.
But she has spent hours scoping out profiles.
Of course, scoping out properties is what estate agents do.
On this afternoon, they were scoping out their second.
While scoping out his own funeral he sees an Asian man.
We know you spend much of your time after your shift scoping out new restaurants.
"We realized we were terrible at project management and scoping out time frames," he said.
J. Crew's chairman, Mickey Drexler, was scoping out locations for the brand's first store overseas.
Regardless of their handicaps, dogs are much more capable than humans at scoping out scat.
"Scoping out any banks lately?" Fiore and Gotti, Jr., bonded while doing time, in the early two-thousands, at F.C.I.
Enjoy the view of the park's Pavilion of the Two Sisters, before scoping out the sculpture garden and museum.
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