flip through
flip through (something)
To casually read through a document, magazine, or book without paying close attention to it. I had just started flipping through a magazine when the receptionist called my name.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
flip through something
to go quickly through the leaves of a book, etc., page by page. She flipped through the book, looking at the pictures. Don't just flip through it. Read it.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
flip through
Browse through, as in She flipped through the magazine while she waited. This expression uses flip in the sense of "turn over pages."
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
flip through
v.
To go through some printed material quickly, rapidly turning from page to page: I was flipping through the magazine when I spotted an article on comets.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- flip through (something)
- glance through
- glance through (something)
- flick through
- flick through (something)
- have (one's) nose in a magazine
- thumb through
- thumb through (something)
- leaf through
- leaf through (something)