Overlook

/ˌoʊvərˈlʊk/ verb

To overlook something can mean to fail to notice it, or to have a view looking down over a place.

From “over” and “look,” first meaning “to look down from above.” The sense of “fail to notice” developed later, perhaps from looking ‘over’ something without really seeing it.

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