take a peek at (someone or something)

take a peek at (someone or something)

To get a quick, cursory, often sneaky or surreptitious look at someone or something. I took a peek at the boss's computer, and it looks like there's a round of layoffs on the way. Campus guards caught him trying to take a peek at the women getting changed in their locker rooms.
See also: peek, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • peep at
  • peep at (someone or something)
  • peeps
  • peek
  • peek at
  • peek at (someone or something)
  • stack the cards
  • stack the cards (against someone or something)
  • steal a march on
  • steal a march upon (someone or something)