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glanced over

glanced over is the simple past and past participle of glance over.

Meaning of glance over

Verb

glance over (third-person singular simple present glances over, present participle glancing over, simple past and past participle glanced over)

  1. (transitive) to quickly inspect something (newspaper, notes) with the eyes
    • "There are other people coming besides the Princess Ziska, are there not, Mr. Murray?" inquired Sir Chetwynd Lyle, with an obtrusively bantering air. Denzil Murray glanced him over disdainfully.1897, Marie Corelli, “Chapter I”, in Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul, New York: Stone & Kimball, page 36

Questions about glanced over

What is glanced over the simple past and past participle of?
Glanced over is the simple past and past participle of glance over.

Words near glanced over in the dictionary

  1. glanceability
  2. glanceable
  3. glanced
  4. glanced away
  5. glanced off
  6. glanced over
  7. glancedst
  8. glanceful
  9. glancefuls
  10. glanceless
  11. glancer

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