scoping hallway

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shinem

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In this sentence what does scoping hallway mean?

I was so lost in thought that I wasn’t scoping the hallway.

Did the speaker forget that he's in hallway because of thinking?

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JohnParis

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No, not quite.
Here "scoping" is the intransitive verb "to scope".
It's very informal and it means to look at carefully; to scan.
Example: they watched him scoping the room, looking for Michael.

In your sentence, the speaker was so engrossed in thought that he forgot he was to closely observe the hallway.

John
 

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All right I got it, thank you very much :D
 
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