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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhip through something phrasal verb informalFINISH DOING somethingto finish a job very quickly He whipped through his routine paperwork before going home. → whip→ See Verb table
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whip through • Some people can wildly whip through a document and edit later.• Eddy knows how to write page - turning, tense prose, and whips through big set - piece scenes with gusto.• After a lightning whip through immigration, an official located all their luggage and polo sticks and whizzed them through customs.• There was a whisper of whips through it, a distant whisper.• A breeze whipping through Mission Bay, sure, but also a breeze in the sporting sense.• Untraveledroadie: You feel not the draft, the wind whipping through the cracks in my soul.• As I whip through, the dogs land lightly on the carpet.• While they could not hope for revolt, such slaves did find dignity and meaning under the whip through their persistent faith.
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noun ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp
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