look through
phrasal verb
looked through; looking through; looks through
1
: to read or briefly examine some of the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.)
She was looking through a magazine as she waited in the doctor's office.
2
: to look at the different parts of (a collection or group of things)
I looked through all his letters.
3
: to place one's eyes so as to see through (something)
look through a telescope
4
: to pretend not to see or recognize (someone) in a rude or unfriendly way
We used to be best friends but when she passed me on the street yesterday she looked (right/straight) through me without even saying hello!
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Two screenshots from the viral video showing the dog looking through the window, left; then walking past, right.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Stock indexes released to new highs and Treasury yields compressed toward five-month lows as investors took the uptick in weekly jobless claims as permission to look through 3%-ish inflation and price in multiple Fed rate hikes.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
So then did improv, , introduce looking through life through the lens of humor and then what?
—Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2025
Daniel picks it up, plugs it in, and looks through it.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Stock indexes released to new highs and Treasury yields compressed toward five-month lows as investors took the uptick in weekly jobless claims as permission to look through 3%-ish inflation and price in multiple Fed rate hikes.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
So then did improv, , introduce looking through life through the lens of humor and then what?
—Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2025
Daniel picks it up, plugs it in, and looks through it.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Look through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20through. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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