Phrasal Verbs
- 1to turn the pages of a book, etc. quickly and look at them without reading everything synonym flip through I've only had time to flick through your report but it seems to be fine. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbcasually, nervously, quickly, … prepositionacross, from, off, … phrasesflick something open adverbabsent-mindedly, casually, idly, … See full entry
- 2to keep changing television channels quickly to see what programmes are on synonym flip through Flicking through the channels, I came across an old war movie.