Idiom idiom
rattle through
Meaning
To do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She had to rattle through her notes before the meeting started.”
“Because the presentation was running late, the speaker had to rattle through the final slides to finish on time.”
“The professor chose to rattle through the complex historical timeline, prioritizing speed over the nuanced analysis that the students had expected.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026