look something/somebody ↔ over phrasal verb (see also look)
to examine something or someone quickly, without paying much attention to detail:
Do you have a few minutes to look these samples over?

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look over
look (someone) over
to examine someone very carefully.
She looked him over, noticing his bruised face and dirty jacket.

The old man remained silent for a moment while he continued to look John up and down.

look (something) over
to examine something carefully.
Epstein poked through the stuff inside, carefully picking each thing up and looking it over from all angles.

She had her own lawyer look over the agreement.

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look something over
look (something) over
to examine something carefully.
Epstein poked through the stuff inside, carefully picking each thing up and looking it over from all angles.

She had her own lawyer look over the agreement.

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look over
inspect/survey/examine something
"Please take some time to look over these documents before you sign them."

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look over something
inspect/survey/examine something
"Please take some time to look over these documents before you sign them."

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look over
v. To look at and try to learn something about; look at every part or piece of or at every one of; examine; inspect; study.
I looked hurriedly over the apples in the basket and took one that looked good.
Mrs. Jones spent the evening looking over the month's bills and writing checks.
When a new boy comes to school, the others usually look him over rather carefully.
We looked over several kinds of new cars before deciding.
Compare: ONCE-OVER, SIZE UP.

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