scout out in English

Forms: scouts out [present, singular, third-person], scouting out [participle, present], scouted out [participle, past], scouted out [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scout out (third-person singular simple present scouts out, present participle scouting out, simple past and past participle scouted out)

Inflected forms

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"scout out" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms