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looking over

looking over is the present participle and gerund of look over.

Meaning of look over

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To check quickly; to make a brief or cursory visual inspection of.
  2. (ditransitive) To move (one's eyes) so as to inspect or take in (someone or something).
    • He looked his eyes over the shabbily-dressed man.
  3. (transitive) To quickly read or (especially) proofread; to quickly scan text, especially while checking for errors.
  4. (transitive) Synonym of overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high.
    Synonyms:
    overlook, to survey, to look at as if from on high

Questions about looking over

What is looking over the present participle and gerund of?
Looking over is the present participle and gerund of look over.

Words near looking over in the dictionary

  1. looking one's age
  2. looking one's best
  3. looking out
  4. looking out for number one
  5. looking out for someone
  6. looking over
  7. looking over one's shoulder
  8. looking past
  9. looking right through
  10. looking round
  11. looking shy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: looking over (page history and authors); look over (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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