read through
phrasal verb
read through; reading through; reads through
: to read (something) from beginning to end especially to look for mistakes or check details
Remember to read through your essay before you hand it in.
He read the instructions through twice before he tried to assemble the bicycle.
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But even if immigrants carried their immigration case files with them, Arshad said local law enforcement aren’t trained on reading through immigration paperwork to understand someone’s status.
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The basic reason for this is actually much simpler than trying to read through the vaccine recommendations themselves.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
So, after reading through the comments, the couple decided to share their nighttime routine for managing Sarah’s sleepwalking episodes, hoping to inspire others to take precautions, too.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Attorneys from across the division were up throughout the night, into the early morning hours, each reading through as many as hundreds of pages of documents, sources said.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The basic reason for this is actually much simpler than trying to read through the vaccine recommendations themselves.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 26 Mar. 2025
So, after reading through the comments, the couple decided to share their nighttime routine for managing Sarah’s sleepwalking episodes, hoping to inspire others to take precautions, too.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Attorneys from across the division were up throughout the night, into the early morning hours, each reading through as many as hundreds of pages of documents, sources said.
—Mike Levine, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Read through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/read%20through. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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