# look through

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/look-through
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To appear or pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible.

## Examples

- He looked right through me when I said hello.
- She was so angry that she looked through her former friend at the party.
- Despite his desperate attempts to catch her attention, she looked through him as if he were merely a ghost in the crowded room.

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