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look through

To search, either with the eyes or by hand
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Airport security looked through her purse and confiscated her nail scissors.

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'look through':

look throughTo gaze through a gap or aperture
look throughTo pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible
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