scope

scope in

To look through a telescopic sight, especially on a long-distance firearm, such as a sniper rifle. There are snipers scoping in from the rooftops. Whenever I play the game, I always encounter a glitch where enemies briefly vanish as soon as I scope in.
See also: scope

scope on (one)

slang To regard or look at one with sexual attraction or interest. He spent the whole date scoping on other girls, so, no, I don't think it went very well. There's some girl at the bar scoping on you, Chris—you should go over and talk to her.
See also: on, scope

scope out

1. To make a preliminary investigation, inspection, or analysis of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scope" and "out." We need to scope out some locations for the music video this weekend. Someone's gotta scope the joint out before we can hit it.
2. verb, slang To look with interest at someone who one finds attractive. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scope" and "out." He spent the whole date scoping out other girls, so, no, I don't think it went very well. There's some girl at the bar scoping you out, Chris—you should go over and talk to her.
See also: out, scope
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

scope (on) someone

Sl. to evaluate a member of the opposite sex visually. He scoped every girl who came in the door. He wouldn't like it if somebody scoped on him. Or would he?

scope someone or something out

Sl. to look someone or something over; to check someone or something out. Hey, scope the new car out! Dave was scoping out all the girls.
See also: out, scope
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

scope out

v.
To make a preliminary inspection of something: The crew scoped out possible locations for the movie. Before the thieves robbed the bank, they spent weeks scoping it out.
See also: out, scope
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

scope (on) someone

tv. & in. to evaluate a member of the opposite sex visually. He scoped every girl who came in the door.
See also: on, scope, someone

scope someone

verb
See scope on someone
See also: scope, someone

scope someone out

tv. to look someone over; to check someone out. Dave was scoping out all the girls.
See also: out, scope, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • scope in
  • scope on (one)
  • scope on someone
  • scope someone
  • take a bead on (someone or something)
  • get a bead on (someone or something)
  • draw a bead on
  • draw a bead on (someone or something)
  • draw a bead on someone/something
  • do something on sight
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ASUS Republic of Gamers Middle East Announces ROG Strix Scope
Today, however, most rifles have higher buttstocks, so instead of mounting the scope lower, the back-up irons need to be higher.
GLASS PLUS IRON: SCOPES AND IRON SIGHTS: WORTH THE HASSLE?
The GHG Protocol includes three "scopes" of emissions:
The Three Scopes of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
It was too cold outside for the hair dryer to heat the side of the scope beyond warm to the touch, but even at that low temperature the result was immediate and repeatable.
Scope on a hot tin roof: a test to see whether hot sunlight against a riflescope can change point of impact yields surprising results
The departments responsible for property preservation and property condition must have access to and an understanding of the insurer's claim documents--particularly the insurance adjuster's scope of work--and be able to communicate what remediation efforts are needed at the property to their field network.
Three things servicers need to consider with HUD's new conveyance standard
Eswaran, Scope's Chief Operating Officer, commented, "Scope is seeing a trend among publishers and other information providers towards offering content in more granular 'bits.
Brill Publishers selects Scope's ConSCIse platform for book chapter abstracts
Regardless of the size of the loss, it is necessary for the claims adjuster and the insured to come to an agreement, at an early stage preferably, on the scope of the loss.
Scoping Loss - A Lost Art?
The last thing Harris commented on in regards to plunking down good money on a new spotting scope is field of view.
Good looking glass: considerations for picking the perfect spotting scope
A scope's ADC with a resolution of 8 bits can encode an analog input to one in 256 different levels, since 28 = 256.
Get more than 8 bits from your 8-bit scope: higher resolution measurements offer users enormous, but largely unknown, potential benefits
A hot seller at WNA has been the newly published Contemporary Scope of Practice for Professional Nursing in Wisconsin ("Scope").
WNA public policy council publishes the Contemporary Scope of Practice for Professional Nursing in Wisconsin
I wanted an original military issue scope for my PSL.
Put together a PSL part 3: last time (4/20 issue), Matthews installed the barrel, top cover, trigger group and buttstock. This month, he finishes the PSL
* To introduce its latest collection of products featuring new Dual-Blast technology, Scope hit the road to encourage people to breathe easy after savoring the flavor of their favorite foods, especially those with onions and garlic.
Scope Dual Blast hits food festivals and links will Sunny Anderson
With the release of the GFSI Guidance Document Sixth Edition in January 2011, a major change from the Fifth Edition was the inclusion of Part III, Scheme Scope and Key Elements, which outlines the key elements for the production of safe food along the supply chain.
Global food safety initiative