read through
phrasal verb
read through; reading through; reads through
: to read (something) from beginning to end especially to look for mistakes or check details
Remember to read through your essay before you hand it in.
He read the instructions through twice before he tried to assemble the bicycle.
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Massachusetts State Trooper Nicholas Guarino returned to the stand Tuesday to read through text messages and phone calls between Read and O'Keefe from the evening of Jan. 28, 2022, into the following morning, when Read was among three women who found him.
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
The chief priest has read through all of the chronicle’s entries, including the oldest now stored in a museum.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Per the suit, this information was unearthed after lawyers for the owners read through 7 million pages of documents and conducted 100 days of depositions.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 29 Apr. 2025
Hoffman has done a marvelous job of reading through Aimee’s voluminous, florid writings and creating a narrative that works for the modern ear.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
The chief priest has read through all of the chronicle’s entries, including the oldest now stored in a museum.
—Martin Fackler, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Per the suit, this information was unearthed after lawyers for the owners read through 7 million pages of documents and conducted 100 days of depositions.
—Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 29 Apr. 2025
Hoffman has done a marvelous job of reading through Aimee’s voluminous, florid writings and creating a narrative that works for the modern ear.
—Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Read through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/read%20through. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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