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
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We will have lots of fascinating solutions to look through and learn from.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
"Nurseries have these apps and I was able to look through and see that he'd changed my child's nappy, there were pictures with him in the background," she said.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
A look through the reports shows that of course it is, depending on what choices we are prepared to make.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
Fed officials would typically look through this oil shock because, presumably, when the latest conflict in the Middle East subsides, the inflationary surge will abate as well.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
I was to look through his long calculation sheets and compute an answer for him.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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