look over

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look over

verb looks over · looking over · looked over

transitive To check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.
ditransitive To move (one's eyes) so as to inspect or take in (someone or something). He looked his eyes over the shabbily-dressed man.
transitive To quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors.
transitive Synonym of overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high.
Similar: overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high

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verb to scan-read and check

Español	revisar
한국어	훑어보다 hulteoboda
Italiano	esaminare
Русский	просма́тривать prosmátrivatʹ, просмотре́ть prosmotrétʹ

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@misc{look_over_2026,
  title = {look over},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/look%20over},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}