rattle through

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

rattle through (third-person singular simple present rattles through, present participle rattling through, simple past and past participle rattled through)

  1. (idiomatic) To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
    The children rattled through their prayers and hopped into bed.
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