flick through sth
— phrasal verb with flick /flɪk/ verb [I + adv/prep, T]Definition
C2 to look quickly at the pages of a magazine, book, etc.Reading
(Definition of flick through sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- browser noun (PERSON)
- devour verb
- dip into sth phrasal verb (BOOK)
- dyslexia noun
- dyslexic adjective, noun
- flip through sth phrasal verb
- look sth up phrasal verb
- misread verb (READ WRONGLY)
- narrate verb
- pore over sth phrasal verb
- read sb's lips idiom
- readable adjective
- reader noun (DEVICE)
- reader noun (PERSON WHO READS)
- readership noun
- reading noun (WRITTEN TEXT)
- reference noun (LOOK AT)
- semiotics noun
- skim verb (CONSIDER QUICKLY)
- wade through sth phrasal verb
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