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to scroll through

to scroll through

15 2.8
To move information on a screen up or down to look at it
  • phrasal verb
  • /skroʊl θru/
  • Texting
translation icon : desplazarse por
  • Feel free to search by keyword and scroll through the archives to find content most relevant.
  • scroll through lists
  • scrolling through photos
  • scroll through her phone

And this little ring helps you scroll through TikTok.

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Examples

  • While waiting for my flight, I decided to scroll through my email to catch up on messages.

  • You can scroll through the news feed much faster.

  • I then stay in bed and then scroll through my phone looking at at social media.

    Bedros Keuilian

  • The article appears on your screen, and you scroll through it.

    Academic text (1995)

  • So let's scroll through and see what works.

  • And this little ring helps you scroll through TikTok.

    Laura Lee

  • So if we scroll through here and find set partial window, here it is.

  • So stop wasting time scrolling through the pages of results.

  • Your notes are arranged in tiles, and scrolling through even large lists is completely smooth.

    Blog text (13)

  • Later that afternoon, Brian scrolled through airfares to Merida, Mexico.

    Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

to scroll
vsto scroll through
89 3.4

Move the page up or down to see more content

repeats that motion to browse content sequentially
to surf
vsto scroll through
  • Texting
43 2.7

To look around online or through TV channels

moves through content in order rather than jumping across sources
to page
vsto scroll through
6 2.7

To look through a book or magazine quickly

does the same searching by continuous screen movement
browse
vsto scroll through
1 4.1

A quick, casual look through books, magazines, or websites

focuses on moving repeatedly across screen to view items
to turn over the page
vsto scroll through
1.8

Flip a page in a book or magazine to read the next one

uses repeated digital motion rather than a single physical flip

How Thorough

to read
∞ 1.8
to scroll through
  • Texting
15 2.8
to skim
1 2.7
to scan
127 2.7
to glance
299 1.5

Surface Forms

scroll through infinitive
scrolled through past
scrolled through past participle
scrolling through present participle
scrolls through third person singular

Morphology

scroll + through

The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'scroll' (to move text/graphics) plus 'through' (across sequential content), so the sense of moving across or browsing items on a screen follows standard motion+preposition patterns. This construction is common and parallels forms like 'scroll up/down', so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

The phrasal verb scroll through comes from old rolled-up papers called scrolls, where a reader moved the scroll through their hands to see the next lines. So today scroll through means 'to move' on a screen to look at items one after another.