"glance over" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: glances over [present, singular, third-person], glancing over [participle, present], glanced over [participle, past], glanced over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} glance over (third-person singular simple present glances over, present participle glancing over, simple past and past participle glanced over)
  1. (transitive) to quickly inspect something (newspaper, notes) with the eyes Tags: transitive Translations (to quickly go through something with the eyes): átfut (Hungarian), átlapoz (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-glance_over-en-verb-61wqIxXR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over)

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