"scout out" meaning in English

See scout out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: scouts out [present, singular, third-person], scouting out [participle, present], scouted out [participle, past], scouted out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scout out (third-person singular simple present scouts out, present participle scouting out, simple past and past participle scouted out)
  1. to search, to look for
    Sense id: en-scout_out-en-verb-z1zHicf2
  2. to track down, to find by searching
    Sense id: en-scout_out-en-verb-W2hmBoNV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 23 77

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scout out meaning in English (1.1kB)

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