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.”

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flip through

Now it’s like watching someone flip through the pages of the menu at the Cheesecake Factory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Sure, I’ll still flip through my kids’ catalogs, but I feel a sense of relief knowing I won’t spend entire days scouring the web for a few bucks off a figure I will never open.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2024

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

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

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023

I grab the Emily Dickinson collection from Dad right before I leave and flip through it in the car.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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