From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthrow somebody a look/glance/smile etcthrow somebody a look/glance/smile etcLOOK ATto quickly look at someone with a particular expression that shows how you are feeling He threw Anna a big smile. He threw a glance at Connor. → throw
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throw somebody a look/glance/smile etc• And that made Hanson throw a mean look.• The nurse was aware of her humiliation and kept throwing sympathetic glances.• I gasped at her beauty and, like the rest, threw envious glances at her most fortunate husband.• He ignored her and threw a hard look at me: I better not tell.• Mark, too, could be thrown a second glance every now and then.• Ezra threw Morrill a look of utter disbelief and shook his head.• He sensed more than heard the scuffle of trainer shoes on concrete behind him and threw a casual glance over his shoulder.• He dropped his hand, he threw a look right, then left. 