leaf through
[verb]
Synonyms: browse, dip (into), flip (through), glance (at or over), riff (through), riffle (through), run (through or over), scan, skim (through), thumb (through)

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leaf through something phrasal verb (see also leaf)
to turn the pages of a book quickly, without reading it properly Synonym : skim through:
She picked up the magazine and leafed through it.

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leaf through
leaf through (something)
to turn pages, briefly looking at them.
We leafed through some old photo albums.

The detective leafed through some papers on the desk, looking for clues to my father's disappearance.

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leaf through something
leaf through (something)
to turn pages, briefly looking at them.
We leafed through some old photo albums.

The detective leafed through some papers on the desk, looking for clues to my father's disappearance.

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leaf through
• thumb/leaf through (something)
to look quickly through a book/magazine/newspaper without reading it carefully
I thumbed through the garden catalogue at the bookstore.

I thumbed through several magazines while I was waiting for the dentist.

I leafed through several magazines while I was sitting in the doctor's office.

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leaf through something
• thumb/leaf through (something)
to look quickly through a book/magazine/newspaper without reading it carefully
I thumbed through the garden catalogue at the bookstore.

I thumbed through several magazines while I was waiting for the dentist.

I leafed through several magazines while I was sitting in the doctor's office.

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leaf through
v. phr. To scan or glance through a book or other reading matter.
I only had time to leaf through the program before the concert started.

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