If you scout around or scout round for something, you go to different places looking for it. ( in BRIT, also use scout round )
They scouted around for more fuel...
I scouted round in the bushes.
= look around
PHRASAL VERB : V P for n , V P
If you scout around or scout round for something, you go to different places looking for it. ( in BRIT, also use scout round )
They scouted around for more fuel...
I scouted round in the bushes.
= look around
PHRASAL VERB : V P for n , V P
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006