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flick back

turn back quickly

To move quickly back through pages or screen content to find something earlier.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

What was the name of that restaurant?

Hang on, I'll flick back through the photos.

Play the conversation

I flicked back to the previous page to check the address.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I flicked back ‸ the page to check it.

Say: I flicked back to the page to check it.

Use "flick back to" when returning to a particular page or point.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

flick back to a page; flick back through a document

Your turn: say it out loud

I flicked back to the previous page to check the address.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

flick back

turn back quickly

“I flicked back to the previous page to check the address.”

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