look over

look over
transitive verb
1) sehen über (+ Akk.) [Mauer usw.]; überblicken [Tal usw.]
2) (survey) inspizieren, sich (Dat.) ansehen [Haus, Anwesen]
3) (scrutinize) mustern [Person]; durchsehen [Text]
* * *
(to examine: We have been looking over the new house.) prüfen
* * *
◆ look over
I. vi
1. (glance)
▪ to \look over over sth über etw akk blicken [o schauen]
to \look over over a wall über eine Mauer blicken
to \look over over to sb/sth zu jdm/etw hinübersehen
2. (offer a view)
to \look over over sth über etw akk blicken; window, room auf etw akk [hinaus]gehen
the house \look overs over the valley das Haus blickt über das Tal
the windows \look over over the lake die Fenster gehen auf den See hinaus
II. vt
1.
▪ to \look over over ⇆ sth (view) etw besichtigen; (inspect, survey) etw inspizieren
to \look over over a property eine Immobilie inspizieren
2. (examine briefly)
▪ to \look over over ⇆ sth etw durchsehen
▪ to \look over over ⇆ sb jdn mustern, sich dat jdn ansehen
to \look over over a letter einen Brief überfliegen
* * *
vt sep
papers, notes etc durchsehen; house sich (dat) ansehen
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look over v/t
1. schauen oder blicken über (akk)
2. (sich) etwas (flüchtig) ansehen oder anschauen, einen Blick werfen in (akk), etwas (flüchtig) (über)prüfen
3. (absichtlich) übersehen
* * *
transitive verb
1) sehen über (+ Akk.) [Mauer usw.]; überblicken [Tal usw.]
2) (survey) inspizieren, sich (Dat.) ansehen [Haus, Anwesen]
3) (scrutinize) mustern [Person]; durchsehen [Text]
* * *
v.
durchsehen v.

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