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

And yet much of living, Lilian thought, was made up of attempts to somehow look through that wall. —Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026

Agents looked through Hylton’s cell phone and saw texts and notes about hauling the drugs to Fort Lauderdale, and an exact location in the city to offload the contraband, the complaint states. —David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026

Take a look through our archive in the gallery above. —Keely Brown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2026

Take a look through her most memorable glam moments. —Nicole Catanese, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for look through

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