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Phrase(s): flip through something to go quickly through the leaves of a book, etc., page by page. • She flipped through the book, looking at the pictures. • Don’t just flip through it. Read it.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Browse through, as in She flipped through the magazine while she waited. This expression uses flip in the sense of "turn over pages."
American Heritage Idioms