"look past" exist?

[LeTyan]

Hi:

I remember hearing the phrase "look past". It was something like "I will look past it"

Does that actually exist? Why can I not find it in any dictionary?

Thanks!

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi:

I remember hearing the phrase "look past". It was something like "I will look past it"

Does that actually exist? Why can I not find it in any dictionary?

Thanks!

Search for it in the British National Corpus.

 

[LeTyan]

Thanks! I found it but no explainations. So....what does it mean?

 

[bhaisahab]

Thanks! I found it but no explainations. So....what does it mean?

What do you think it might mean?

 

[LeTyan]

What do you think it might mean?

Does that mean "ignore"? That's the best guess I could ever come up with.

If it's not the right one, then I really don't know

 

[LeTyan]

I also want to know why this phrase is not officially recogonized in any dictionary. Can we use it or is it best to avoid it?

 

[Gillnetter]

Hi:

I remember hearing the phrase "look past". It was something like "I will look past it"

Does that actually exist? Why can I not find it in any dictionary?

Thanks!

Dictionaries are good for finding the meaning of words. You probably cannot find the meaning of "Monkeys running amok" in a dictionary either. You have to put the meaning of the words together to get the meaning. "I will look past it" generally means that I will not bring this matter up in the future - the event is over and done.