leaf through sth

— phrasal verb with leaf

/liːf/ verb

Definition

› to quickly turn the pages of a book or a magazine, reading only a little of it: The waiting room was full of people leafing through magazines.Reading

(Definition of leaf through sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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