Verb
scope out (third-person singular simple present scopes out, present participle scoping out, simple past and past participle scoped out)
(transitive, informal) To examine; to scout; to investigate
Synonyms: check out, scope
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.
In the 1970s and early '80s, Shanghai was quiet, cautious, a ghost of a once-great city - and yet physically, little was changed from its glittering heyday. When visiting, I enjoyed reading books on local history and used my time off to scope out the former haunts of gangsters and jazzmen. Nicole Mones