look over

verb

To check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.

“He looked his eyes over the shabbily-dressed man.”

Similar
overlookto surveyto look at as if from on high
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Meanings

verblook over (third-person singular simple present looks over, present participle looking over, simple past and past participle looked over)

present singular third person looks over · participle present looking over · participle past looked over · past looked over

  1. transitiveTo check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.
  2. ditransitiveTo move (one's eyes) so as to inspect or take in (someone or something).

    He looked his eyes over the shabbily-dressed man.

  3. transitiveTo quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors.
  4. transitiveSynonym of overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high.

    Synonyms: overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high.

Similar
overlookto surveyto look at as if from on high
Also see
examinelustrateoverlookproofreadsurvey

Translations

Bulgarian преглеждам
  • преглеждам (pregleždam)to scan-read and check
Finnish tarkistaa
  • tarkistaato scan-read and check
Italian esaminare
  • esaminareto scan-read and check
Korean 훑어보다
  • 훑어보다 (hulteoboda)to scan-read and check
Polish przeglądać, przejrzeć
  • przeglądaćto scan-read and check
  • przejrzećto scan-read and check
Russian просма́тривать, просмотре́ть
  • просма́тривать (prosmátrivatʹ)to scan-read and check
  • просмотре́ть (prosmotrétʹ)to scan-read and check
Spanish revisar
  • revisarto scan-read and check
Ukrainian перегляда́ти, перегля́нути
  • перегляда́ти (perehljadáty)to scan-read and check
  • перегля́нути (perehljánuty)to scan-read and check
Cite this entry
APA

look over. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20over

MLA

“look over.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20over. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “look over,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20over.

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