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scout out

scout out verb: to search, to look for.

Verb

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

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

Forms of scout out

third-person singular presentscouts out
present participlescouting out
past participlescouted out
pastscouted out

Questions about scout out

What does scout out mean?
Scout out means to search, to look for.
What part of speech is scout out?
Scout out is a verb.
What is the past tense of scout out?
The past tense of scout out is scouted out.

Words near scout out in the dictionary

  1. scout balloon
  2. scout balloons
  3. Scout Barrio
  4. Scout Green
  5. Scout Official for a Day
  6. scout out
  7. Scout Sunday
  8. Scout Sundays
  9. scout team
  10. scout teams
  11. scout's honor

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