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verbprescout (third-person singular simple present prescouts, present participle prescouting, simple past and past participle prescouted)
present singular third person prescouts · participle present prescouting · participle past prescouted · past prescouted
- transitiveTo scout in advance.
Prescout the pond and find the fishiest-looking log or tumbled-down pier in the shallows, or a large treetop in the dam corners where shallow and deep waters meet. That's your first cast.
2008, Field & Stream (volume 113, number 2, page 58)Synonyms: reconnoitre
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo scout in advance.
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