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!

Examples of look through in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After going through the policy and looking through all of the memos and research, the entire boardroom was still fairly confused. —Tony Jarjoura, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

Mendoza looks through a magnifying glass in his closet workshop. —Rob Wile, NBC news, 15 June 2025

In April, a social-media travel-content creator was also detained at MIA for hours as officers looked through her social media accounts and asked about her father’s immigration status. —Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025

González-Nasser makes her directorial debut with this New York story about a location scout, who looks through strangers’ homes on a quest to find the perfect setting for a TV pilot. —Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 June 2025

Rhymes for look through

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou