flip through


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flip

verb
To throw (a coin) in order to decide something:
toss.
Idiom: call heads or tails.
phrasal verb
flip through
To look through reading matter casually:
browse, dip into, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), riffle (through), run through, scan, skim, thumb (through).
adjective
Informal. Rude and disrespectful:
assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart.
Informal: brassy, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity.
Slang: wise.
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Translations

w>flip through

vi +prep obj book → durchblättern; pages → umblättern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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