Stake out
Hi,
When I'm trying to find a spot in a car park, I have to be patient and sometimes pull up on the side and stake out the spots to see if somebody's leaving. In that case, could I say that my 'stake-out' skills have improved over the past few weeks because of the large number of cars everywhere?
Thank you.
Top answer
That's a pretty dramatic way of putting it. A "stakeout" suggests a police surveillance operation. It's not wrong to say it that way, but you have to make sure that people know from context what kind of stakeout you're talking about.
- That's a pretty dramatic way of putting it.
- A "stakeout" suggests a police surveillance operation.
- It's not wrong to say it that way, but you have to make sure that people know from context what kind of stakeout you're talking about.
- Or you could just say that your skills for finding a parking space have improved.
- It's kind of like "crouch and pounce", isn't it?
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That's a pretty dramatic way of putting it. A "stakeout" suggests a police surveillance operation. It's not wrong to say it that way, but you have to make sure that people know from context what kind of stakeout you're talking about. Or you could just say that your skills for finding a parking space have improved.
It's kind of like "crouch and pounce", isn't it? The same thing happene
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