gallop through something

Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words

(figurative) To deal with or progress through something very quickly.

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Examples (10)

  • The documentary starts with a gallop through the history of television.
  • We galloped through the agenda and finished the meeting in twenty minutes.
  • She tends to gallop through her slides and leave little time for questions.
  • The class will gallop through Chapters 1–5 before the midterm.
  • I galloped through the forms just to meet the deadline, and now I regret it.
  • Don't gallop through the exercise; accuracy matters more than speed.
  • The report gallops through the data without offering analysis.
  • He galloped through the exam questions and missed several details.
  • Let’s not gallop through this negotiation; we need to consider every clause.
  • In the workshop, we’ll gallop through the basics before diving deeper.