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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