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looked past

looked past is the simple past and past participle of look past.

Meaning of look past

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To see potential beyond obvious flaws; to consider something more than something else.
    • They were willing to look past their differences and began to work together.
    Synonyms:
    look beyond

Questions about looked past

What is looked past the simple past and past participle of?
Looked past is the simple past and past participle of look past.

Words near looked past in the dictionary

  1. looked out
  2. looked out for number one
  3. looked out for someone
  4. looked over
  5. looked over one's shoulder
  6. looked past
  7. looked right through
  8. looked round
  9. looked shy
  10. looked snappy
  11. looked the other way

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