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[look over]
{v.} To look at and try to learn something about; lookat every part or piece of
or at every one of; examine; inspect; study.
I looked hurriedly over the
apples in the basket and took one thatlooked good.
Mrs. Jones spent the
evening looking over the month'sbills and writing checks.
When a new boy
comes to school, theothers usually look him over rather carefully.
We looked
overseveral kinds of new cars before deciding.
Compare: ONCE-OVER,
SIZEUP.
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