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GLANCE OVER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examine hastily

Example:

She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi

Synonyms:

glance over; rake; run down; scan; skim

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "glance over" is one way to...):

examine; see (observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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