phrasal verb · neutral
look past
UK/lʊk pɑːst/US/lʊk pæst/LOOK·PAST
task2speaking
to ignore, fail to notice something, or to pass by someone or something
Examples
“Don't look past the safety issues when approving the project.”
“He looked past me as if I weren't there.”
“The car looked past the junction and caused an accident.”
Band 8 sentence
“Regulators must not look past minor breaches, because small lapses can lead to systemic failures.”
Collocations
- look past the warning signs
- look past someone
Word family
look past phrasal verbpast preposition / adverb / adjective
Common mistakes
look past = look beyond→look past
look past to→look past
Say it for a higher band
5ignore→6overlook→7+look past
Synonyms
ignore
overlook
Easily confused
overlook
“She overlooked an obvious mistake in the report.”
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