peep at someone or something

peep at someone or something
peep at someone or something
to get a glimpse of someone or something, as if looking through a hole. •

I peeped at Tom through the venetian blinds.

Look in the microscope and peep at this bacterium.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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