'glimpse down' is a perfectly valid phrase in written English.
You can use it as a verb when you want to describe the action of looking quickly at something. For example: I glanced up at the clock, then quickly glimpsed down at my papers to make sure I was on track.
A glimpse down the backstage corridor gives you an idea of the various warm-up techniques.
The tram ride provided a stomach-churning glimpse down the Big Couloir, which looked unskiable by mere mortals.
A glimpse down an alleyway, from where an indeterminate pile of rubble could be seen, hinted at the carnage wrought just a few yards away.
Glimpse down Millionaire's Row where all the fancy people sit, take the kiddos to the Junior Jockey Club, and try your luck on one of the races.
And for many of last September's freshers, there will be as much as £60,000 worth of debt to look forward to the moment they collect their diplomas and get that precious first glimpse down the barrel of graduate despair.
For many of last September's freshmen, there could be as much as $100,000 of debt to look forward to the moment they collect their diplomas and get that precious first glimpse down the barrel of graduate despair.
Even the sky of stone glimpsed down in the mine has mica stars that wink promises and suggest secrets.
By glimpsing down the likes of Harbour Road and Shore Street in Fraserburgh, the plethora of trawlers which are crammed into the dock are visible.
"SHOW US YOU CARE" is the headline on the Daily Express that we glimpse, upside down, in passing.
The philosopher George Santayana once wrote that "experience is a mere peephole through which glimpses come down to us of eternal things". For me, Catholic Italy has been exactly that - a peephole, a glimpse; an intimation.
Most people know Tesla for its fancy electric sports car (seen above), which can be glimpsed driving down highway 101 near its discreet headquarters in San Carlos.
