Thumb through meaning
Thumb through is a phrasal verb that means to turn through pages rapidly and read only brief sections of a publication or document.
- Past simple
- thumbed through
- Past participle
- thumbed through
- -ing form
- thumbing through
What thumb through means
scan pages quicklyB2
To turn through pages rapidly and read only brief sections of a publication or document
I thumbed through the magazine in the waiting room.
Similar phrasal verbs
With through: go through, get through, put someone through something, see through, patch through, take someone through something, think through, work through, come through, go through with.
Common questions
What does thumb through mean?
To turn through pages rapidly and read only brief sections of a publication or document.
What is the past tense of thumb through?
Thumbed through, which is also its past participle.
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