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

Plus, there are tons of 60-percent-off goodies to look through in the Really Big Deals section. —Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025

Lighter Selection of Small Homegoods There were only a few bakers' racks full of smaller homegoods, which took me just a few minutes to look through. —Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025

Like many Americans, Igel, a 26-year-old software engineer and tech CEO based in San Francisco, had been looking through the latest dump of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails and discussing them with his friends. —Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025

Haley Rodgers from West Virginia, was looking through items at the Queen City Flea Market in Cumberland, Maryland, when something caught her eye. —Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for look through

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