spy out the land

You'd do better to spy out the land a bit.

He decided to visit it and spy out the land.

Certainly he would have gone down there alone to spy out the land and check on his property.

We can wait for morning to spy out the land."

So our game surely is to lie low for a time and spy out the land.

Why should we not go up now at once and spy out the land?"

Perhaps I can be of some help in spying out the land."

But he did want to spy out the land.

You and I will ride down to the coast ourselves tomorrow to spy out the land.

"You were sent over here to spy out the land, dear," he said.

Some time after first light they went to the top of the lighthouse, presumably to spy out the land.

The woman got the post as housekeeper and spied out the land.

But isn't it rather conspicuous if you want to spy out the land?"

You have penetrated his defences and spied out the land.

Now we can lie stationary in any spot, and spy out the land through our telescope.

Do you think now, looking back on it, that his coming was really by way of a pretext to spy out the land?"

In the open daylight, which is unpleasant for me, I spied out the land."

"Enimhursag sent us ahead to spy out the land."

He would be our scout, ranging out ahead of us and spying out the land.

They had just moved into a copse to spy out the land when shells began exploding all around them.

I wanted just to spy out the land, so to'peak.'

No guard had been set, no one had spied out the land.

"She said something about spying out the land.

Tim, you go first and spy out the land.'

This man must have been spying out the land beforehand and discovered your brother's habit of taking an evening stroll.