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Once-over

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Noun

1. look-over, once-over

a swift cursory examination or inspection

Example Sentences:
'I gave him the once-over'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Once-over

see synonyms of once-over
noun informal
1. 
a quick examination or appraisal
2. 
a quick but comprehensive piece of work
3. 
a violent beating or thrashing (esp in the phrase give (a person or thing) the (or a) once-over)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Once-over

see synonyms of once-over
noun Informal
1. 
a quick, comprehensive look or examination; swiftly appraising glance
2. 
a quick, cursory or light cleaning or going-over

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Once-over

see synonyms of once-over
n.
Informal
A quick but comprehensive survey or performance: Let's give this memorandum the once-over.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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