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Discover LudwigThe phrase "to flick through" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used when referring to quickly looking at the pages of a book, magazine, or other printed material.
Example: "I like to flick through magazines while waiting at the doctor's office."
Alternatives: "to skim through" or "to leaf through".
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I used to flick through.
"You just want to flick through a limited choice.
It's so much easier to flick through pages than it is to negotiate the web.
Swiping down folds the site back up, returning you to Paper, to flick through more cards.
The counter is an old bookshelf stuffed with books for you to flick through.
One only needs to flick through Martha Stewart's twitpics to understand what she means.
Top feature: Easy to flick through and read a preview without being redirected to another website.
It's the ultimate pleasure to flick through, outside, in one of London's loved no-man's lands.
I like something to hold in your hands, to flick through.
And we've grown pretty handy at using our thumbs to flick through them as quickly as possible.
And the Dash has a touch screen to flick through Facebook status updates first thing in the morning.
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