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turn the pages

VERB

skim

Synonyms

STRONGEST

browse flip through glance leaf through scan skip thumb through

STRONG

dip examine read riff riffle

WEAK

brush over get the cream give the once-over glance over go once over lightly hit the high spots read swiftly run eye over

Antonyms

WEAK

pour

Example Sentences

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If you turn the pages hoping for answers, you won’t find them.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022

"We hope that the Afghans will turn the pages of suffering in favor of peace and prosperity," he added on Twitter.

From Reuters • Aug. 17, 2021

He was driving while trying to turn the pages of a Thomas Guide, with a tiny portable TV and a police scanner blaring from the passenger seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2019

You will turn the pages because this is a page-turner of a story.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2019

I lifted my foot and opened the book with it, using my dexterous toes to turn the pages until I got to page twenty-three.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

turn the pages

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