Usually means: Examine or study something closely.
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  1. pore over: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pore over: Merriam-Webster
  3. pore over: Wiktionary
  4. pore over: Dictionary.com
  5. pore over: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pore over: Legal dictionary

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  1. pore over: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pore over)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively.

Similar:
peruse, go over, parse, examine, underlook, scrutinise, examin, consider, survey, inspect, more...

Opposite:
skim, glance, browse, peruse

Adjectives:
plumb, detect, searching, suss, sound, overture, check, bone, probing, encountering, meet

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Similar:
peruse, go over, parse, examine, underlook, scrutinise, examin, consider, survey, inspect, more...

Opposite:
skim, glance, browse, peruse

Adjectives:
plumb, detect, searching, suss, sound, overture, check, bone, probing, encountering, meet



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