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to leaf through

verb/fuʎɨˈaɾ/medium

fo·lhe·ar

Definition

To turn the leaves or pages of a book, magazine, or similar object, usually quickly or superficially.
He likes to leaf through the newspaper at breakfast.
Before buying it, I leafed through the book to see the illustrations.
Common collocations
to leaf through a bookto flip through a magazineto browse quicklyto turn the pages

Etymology

De 'folha' + sufixo verbal '-ear'.

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