To flip through something is to look quickly or casually at the pages of something (e.g. a book or magazine).
flick through has the same meaning.
Examples of use;
1. I flipped through the latest issue of Vogue magazine at the train station.
2. I saw your advert when I was flipping through the local newspaper.
3. He flipped through the car magazine and decided to buy it.
| infinitive | flip through |
| present simple | flip through and flips through |
| -ing form | flipping through |
| past simple | flipped through |
| past participle | flipped through |
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