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look-through

[ look-throo ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

look through

intr, prepositionortr, adverb to examine, esp cursorily
he looked through his notes before the lecture
intr, preposition to ignore (a person) deliberately
whenever he meets his ex-girlfriend, she looks straight through him

First recorded in 1935–40

The more we try to look through the gauze, the more it all begins to look like gauze.

What if, say, the FBI wants to look through video of political protests?

Look through that PDF I just linked to and feast on the meager amounts earmarked for democracy and assistance programs.

One look through the Yelp reviews will tell you all you need to know.

Still, she wanted me to look through her iTunes receipts and tell her what I saw.

He almost slew me with his eyes; I cant see why such naughty hearts should look through such eyes!

The orange door was closed but Frey managed to get in a look through the side windows of the studio.

It will be an advantage now to look through “Conciliation with the Colonies” and note its general plan of structure.

Mademoiselle had far better look through the little window than trust such a man.

Leam looked at him with those wonderful eyes of hers, that seemed somehow to look through him.

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