Meaning of once-over | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A quick clean or polish.
2. A cursory inspection or survey.

Equivalents

Examples

“I gave the room a once-over with the mop.”

“My GP gave me the once-over and said it was merely a cold.”

“I'll give it a once-over for free, but a proper look will cost you.”

“The girls sat there while the johns (customers) moped around giving them the once-over.”

“The dear old room was just as I'd left it, nothing changed, and my first move, of course, was to procure another chair and give the top of the armoire the once-over. It was a set-back to find that the cow-creamer wasn't there.”

“Giving the wench the once-over as she entered, I found myself well able to understand why Bobbie on observing her entangled with [her fiancé] had exploded with so loud a report.”

“He gave her the once-over, hooked with his foot a swivel chair from the next desk and rolled it over for her.”

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