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Mr. Tom Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Rattle through

Hi

My dictionaries say that rattle through is chiefly British English usage.

Rattle through = do something very quickly

  1. She rattled through the list of the participants.
  2. I rattled through my work that day because I had to leave early.

I want to ask if this use of rattle through is also common in AmE--if not, which other expression would a native speaker of AmE use instead of this?

Thanks,

Tom


  

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Mr. Tom I want to ask if this use of rattle through is also common in AmE--if not, which other expression would a native speaker of AmE use instead of this? I'd say we rattle off a list, usually rattle it off.

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  • Tom I want to ask if this use of rattle through is also common in AmE--if not, which other expression would a native speaker of AmE use instead of this?
  • I'd say we rattle off a list, usually rattle it off.
  • "Rattle through" sounds wrong to my American ear.
  • We cannot rattle through (or off or any other preposition) our work, and I would be surprised to learn that a Brit can.
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Mr. TomI want to ask if this use of rattle through is also common in AmE--if not, which other expression would a native speaker of AmE use instead of this?

I'd say we rattle off a list, usually rattle it off. "Rattle through" sounds wrong to my American ear. We cannot rattle through (or off or any other preposition) our work, and I would be surprised to lea

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Rattle through = do or say something very quickly

This sounds fine to me, but I haven't lived in Britain for many years.

Rattle off is also said, meaning repetition in speech, eg The waiter rattled off the menu.

I don't know what Americans might say.

Clive

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