whip through
phrasal verb
whipped through; whipping through; whips through
informal
: to do (something) very quickly
She whipped through her chores.
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At least three people have died as a powerful system of storms sweeps across the a wide swathe of the central and southern of the United States, with another three killed in vehicle crashes as blinding winds whipped through Texas and Oklahoma.
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
And Amazon has a history of fighting union activity, even without the unrest whipping through federal agencies.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Advertisement One of the attorneys representing several Altadena residents accused the company of not cutting power to transmission lines as winds whipped through the area.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
What to Listen For: The wind whipping through the forest at the summit, so strong and constant that the peak’s red spruces have become deformed and only have branches and nettles on one side.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2025
And Amazon has a history of fighting union activity, even without the unrest whipping through federal agencies.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Advertisement One of the attorneys representing several Altadena residents accused the company of not cutting power to transmission lines as winds whipped through the area.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
What to Listen For: The wind whipping through the forest at the summit, so strong and constant that the peak’s red spruces have become deformed and only have branches and nettles on one side.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for whip through
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“Whip through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whip%20through. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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