collocation · informal
scroll through your feed
UK/skrəʊl θruː jɔː feɪd/US/skroʊl θru jɔr fiːd/SCROLL through your FEED
to quickly look through the new posts on a social media timeline
Examples
“On the bus I usually scroll through my feed to see what my friends posted.”
“I spent ten minutes scrolling through my feed and found a really useful article.”
“After dinner she scrolled through her feed before going to bed.”
Band 8 sentence
“When I have a short break between classes I usually scroll through my feed to catch up on news and friends' posts.”
Collocations
- scroll through my feed
- scroll endlessly
- scroll past a post
Word family
Common mistakes
I scroll Facebook→I scroll through my feed
I am scroll my feed→I am scrolling through my feed
Say it for a higher band
5scroll Facebook→6scroll through Facebook→7+scroll through your feed
Synonyms
browse social media
Easily confused
browse social media
“I usually browse social media for news, but I only scroll through my feed when I'm bored.”
Related words
Learn this word with the rest of its set, and get reminded at the right time.
In Technology & Internet
Learn it with its set