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

But looking through the pages of Bad Bunny by Stillz, which gathers 84 portraits of the Puerto Rican artist taken by his friend and frequent collaborator, those suggestions begin to ring true. —Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2025

One woman would save all her mail so Ahmadi could look through it and make sure there was nothing important. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025

Operating without real-time data is like driving a car while looking through the rearview mirror. —Charles Crouchman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025

The cameras were operational for a period of 28 days between July and August, and when researchers looked through the images collected at the end of the month, two stuck out from the rest. —Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 July 2025

Rhymes for look through

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