informal to speak or do something very quickly in order to finish as soon as possible
She rattled through her speech as if she were in a hurry to leave.
phraserattle through rattle through sth to speak or do something very quickly because you want to finish as quickly as possible: She rattled through her speech as if she couldn't wait to leave.■ SIMILAR TO: rush (through)
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rattle through (something)
To undertake to do or say something rather quickly, especially as a means of finishing as soon as possible. We've only got a few more things to do before we can close up for the night, so let's just rattle through them and get the heck out of here.My boss rattled through the list of regulations so quickly that I couldn't even catch half of what he said!