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leaf through

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leaf through (third-person singular simple present leafs through, present participle leafing through, simple past and past participle leafed through)

(transitive) To turn the pages of (a book) idly, reading short sections at random.

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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes. Erma Bombeck

When I leaf through Fackel issues of my slave years, I am seized by horror. Anyone released from bondage must feel like this. Elias Canetti

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