"scope out" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Quite possibly from the act of surveying (something) from a distance with a scope, such as a field scope (telescope), binoculars, or periscope, as especially in military reconnoitering.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scopes out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoping out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoped out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoped out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "scope out (third-person singular simple present scopes out, present participle scoping out, simple past and past participle scoped out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The conference starts on the 12th, but the building will be open on the 11th if you want to scope out the room ahead of time.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
          "text": "Everything basically winds up the way you’d expect, with Jon heading to Dragonstone to scope out Dany while Cersei more or less successfully marshals some Tyrell bannermen and some Qyburn inventions for the defense of King’s Landing. But it doesn’t feel like a foregone conclusion.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To examine; to scout; to investigate."
      ],
      "id": "en-scope_out-en-verb-29hqivTf",
      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ],
        [
          "scout",
          "scout"
        ],
        [
          "investigate",
          "investigate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To examine; to scout; to investigate."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "check out"
        },
        {
          "word": "scope"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to scout",
          "word": "ispezionare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to scout",
          "word": "esplorare"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "scope out"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Quite possibly from the act of surveying (something) from a distance with a scope, such as a field scope (telescope), binoculars, or periscope, as especially in military reconnoitering.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scopes out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoping out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoped out",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scoped out",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "scope out (third-person singular simple present scopes out, present participle scoping out, simple past and past participle scoped out)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"out\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Italian translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The conference starts on the 12th, but the building will be open on the 11th if you want to scope out the room ahead of time.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 July 23, Brandon Nowalk, “The great game begins with a bang on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
          "text": "Everything basically winds up the way you’d expect, with Jon heading to Dragonstone to scope out Dany while Cersei more or less successfully marshals some Tyrell bannermen and some Qyburn inventions for the defense of King’s Landing. But it doesn’t feel like a foregone conclusion.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To examine; to scout; to investigate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ],
        [
          "scout",
          "scout"
        ],
        [
          "investigate",
          "investigate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To examine; to scout; to investigate."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "check out"
        },
        {
          "word": "scope"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to scout",
      "word": "ispezionare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to scout",
      "word": "esplorare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scope out"
}