thumb through (something)

to quickly look at a pile of papers or the pages of a magazine or book.

Quinn thumbed through his messages until he found the slip with Ritter's phone number on it.

Bella had to wait for Jill so she passed the time thumbing through magazines.

• come across someone
• come across something
• Come again?
• come again
• come a gutser
• come along
• come along for the ride
• come a long way
• come apart
• come apart at the seams
• come around
• come around to
• come around to something
• come at a price
• come back down to earth
• come back down to earth with a bang
• come back down to earth with a bump
• come back down to earth with a jolt
• come back from the dead
• come between
• come by
• come by something
• come cap in hand
• come clean
• come down in the world