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look right through

look right through verb: to deliberately ignore someone by acting as if they are invisible.

Verb

look right through (third-person singular simple present looks right through, present participle looking right through, simple past and past participle looked right through)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To deliberately ignore someone by acting as if they are invisible.

Forms of look right through

third-person singular presentlooks right through
present participlelooking right through
past participlelooked right through
pastlooked right through

Questions about look right through

What does look right through mean?
Look right through means to deliberately ignore someone by acting as if they are invisible.
What part of speech is look right through?
Look right through is a verb.
What is the past tense of look right through?
The past tense of look right through is looked right through.

Words near look right through in the dictionary

  1. look over
  2. look over one's shoulder
  3. look past
  4. look past the end of one's nose
  5. look past the tip of one's nose
  6. look right through
  7. look round
  8. look sharp
  9. look shy
  10. look snappy
  11. look the other way

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