english
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thumb through sth
to turn the pages of a book, magazine, or a document quickly and only read small parts of it
• "Have you read the report?" "Well, I thumbed through it quickly on the train."
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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noun
first digit:
His thumb was in his mouth.
Simple Definitions
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In addition to the idioms beginning with THUMB, Also see ALL THUMBS; GREEN THUMB; RULE OF THUMB; STICK OUT (LIKE A SORE THUMB); TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS; UNDER SOMEONE'S THUMB.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun VERB + THUMB suck | flick, jab, jerk ‘What'll we do with them?’ he asked, jerking his thumb at the suitca | raise, stick out He smiled and raised a thumb in greeting. I stuck out a thumb and a car stopped immediately. | twiddle (often figurative) I sat there twiddling my thumbs until the manager finally appeared. THUMB + NOUN nail (also thumbnail) PHRASES between finger and thumb/between thumb and forefinger I picked up the beetle carefully between finger and thumb. | thumbs up He made a thumbs-up sign through the window to tell us everything was fine.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary