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View synonyms for look-through

look-through

[ look-throo ]

noun

  1. the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.


look through

verb

  1. intr, prepositionortr, adverb to examine, esp cursorily

    he looked through his notes before the lecture

  2. intr, preposition to ignore (a person) deliberately

    whenever he meets his ex-girlfriend, she looks straight through him

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of look-through1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

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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