scout out

verb

to search, to look for

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Meanings

verbscout out (third-person singular simple present scouts out, present participle scouting out, simple past and past participle scouted out)

present singular third person scouts out · participle present scouting out · participle past scouted out · past scouted out

  1. to search, to look for
  2. to track down, to find by searching
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APA

scout out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scout%20out

MLA

“scout out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scout%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scout out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scout%20out.

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