What does this sentence mean ?
"Below me was the city, the top of the Empire State Building peeking over the skyline."
In the sentence above, how to understand "peeking over"? And what does this sentence mean? Thanks.

Question

What does this sentence mean ?
"Below me was the city, the top of the Empire State Building peeking over the skyline."
In the sentence above, how to understand "peeking over"? And what does this sentence mean?   Thanks.

Answer

Peeking over means to get a sneaky look at something.
In this sentence, the Empire State Building is above all the other buildings, like it is looking up at the sky.

Answer

I think it means“something used to support other things”

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