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flip through

Idioms  

  1. Browse through, as in She flipped through the magazine while she waited. This expression uses flip in the sense of “turn over pages.”

Example Sentences

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Among them facsimiles of relevant ephemera are bound in mismatching formats: foldout drawings, transparencies, die-cuttings and pamphlets whose archival relevance you must flip through to ascertain.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Why did you want this to be something that people could pick up, flip through, have?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The officers flip through papers as several men sit expectantly inside.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023

Sometimes he’ll flip through a pile of papers or react to testimony with a grimace or other expression.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

I flip through the latest issue of Ebony magazine, looking for a hairstyle.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

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