read something ↔ through/over phrasal verb (see also read)
to read something carefully from beginning to end in order to check details or find mistakes Synonym : check over/through:
Read the contract over carefully before you sign it.
Spend a couple of minutes just reading through your essay.

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read over
to read something
I read my presentation over before I had to deliver it to the class.

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read something over
to read something
I read my presentation over before I had to deliver it to the class.

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read over
v. phr. To read hurriedly in a rather superficial manner.
The professor said he had no time to read my essay thoroughly but that he had read it over and would comment later in detail.

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