skim through

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skim through

verb skims through · skimming through · skimmed through

to go through something hastily
to read something hurriedly without being attached to details

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verb to read something hurriedly without being attached to details

Français	survoler, lire en diagonale
Deutsch	querlesen
Русский	просма́тривать prosmátrivatʹ, просмотре́ть prosmotrétʹ, проли́стывать prolístyvatʹ, пролиста́ть prolistátʹ, бе́гло прочи́тывать béglo pročítyvatʹ, бе́гло прочита́ть béglo pročitátʹ

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@misc{skim_through_2026,
  title = {skim through},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skim%20through},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}