scouting out
Checking a place
Scouting out means to explore or investigate a place or situation before committing to action.
You scout out a neighborhood before moving there, scout out a restaurant before making reservations, scout out the competition before launching a product.
The phrase emphasizes preliminary reconnaissance: We're scouting out locations for the wedding.
- reconnoiterMilitary preliminary survey
- searchingLooking to find
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- advance partyGroup sent ahead first
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
staking out · pathfinding · observation · laying eyes on · reconnaissance · patrolling · explore · inspection · prospecting · detecting · probing · sussing out · tracking · looking for · on the lookout · checking out · scoping out · casing
scouting outdiving in
Starting with full commitment
jumping in · going all in · taking the plunge · signing up · locking in
scouting outwaiting around
Remaining idle expectantly
sitting idle · standing by · doing nothing · staying put · holding back
scout, scouting, scouts, scouted, outing, outings, outermost, outward, outwardly