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to leaf through

verbgeneral usecommon/fuʎɨˈaɾ/fo·lhe·ar

Definition

1

To turn the leaves or pages of a book, magazine, or similar object, usually quickly or superficially.

Usage examples

He likes to leaf through the newspaper at breakfast.
Before buying it, I leafed through the book to see the illustrations.

Common combinations

to leaf through a bookto flip through a magazineto browse quicklyto turn the pages