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hit the high spots

VERB
browse
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flip through leaf through peruse read scan skim
STRONG
feed graze nibble survey
WEAK
check over dip into examine cursorily get the cream give the once-over glance at inspect loosely once over lightly pass an eye over read here and there riff through riffle through run through skip through thumb through wander
VERB
riffle
Synonyms
STRONG
feed graze leaf nibble peruse read scan skim survey thumb
WEAK
check over dip into examine cursorily flip through get the cream give the once-over glance at inspect loosely leaf through once over lightly pass an eye over read here and there riff through riffle through run through skip through thumb through wander
Antonyms
STRONG
neglect
VERB
simplify
Synonyms
STRONGEST
clarify cut down facilitate reduce shorten streamline
STRONG
abridge analyze chasten decipher disentangle disinvolve elucidate explain interpret order unscramble
WEAK
boil down break down break it down clean it up clean up clear up cut the frills draw a picture get down to basics get to the meat lay out let daylight in let sunlight in make clear make perfectly clear make plain put in a nutshell put one straight spell out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
grow increase
STRONG
be vague confuse mix up mystify obscure
WEAK
complicate make difficult
VERB
skim
Synonyms
STRONGEST
browse flip through glance leaf through scan skip thumb through
STRONG
dip examine read riff riffle
WEAK
brush over get the cream give the once-over glance over go once over lightly read swiftly run eye over turn the pages
Antonyms
WEAK
pour

Example Sentences

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There are shades of Laudrup and Arnesen about a Denmark and Ajax talent set to hit the high spots.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2012

Successful and happy, he begins to hit the high spots.

From Time Magazine Archive

After that, he will hit the high spots in each of the Sun's editorial departments, winding up in London to give foreign reporting a once-over under Sun veteran Frederick Kuh.

From Time Magazine Archive

You wouldn't think it to look at her—but the more I hit the high spots of society the more I feel you can't tell people by the ordinary trade-marks.

From Miss Maitland Private Secretary by Bonner, Geraldine

To offset these virtues it rattled like a runaway milk wagon; and it certainly hit the high spots and hit them hard.

From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward