once-over


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once-o·ver

(wŭns′ō′vər)
n. Informal
A quick but comprehensive survey or performance: Let's give this memorandum the once-over.
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once-over

n
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)
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once′-o`ver



n.
1. a quick look, examination, or appraisal.
2. a quick, superficial job.
[1910–15, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.once-over - a swift cursory examination or inspection; "I gave him the once-over"
look-over
examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
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Translations

once-over

[ˈwʌnsˌəʊvəʳ] N (= search etc) to give sth/sb the once-over → echar un vistazo a algo/algn
they gave the house the once-over → registraron superficialmente la casa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

once-over

n (inf: = quick look) → flüchtige Überprüfung, kurze Untersuchung; to give somebody/something the or a once-over (= appraisal) → jdn/etw mal begucken (inf) → or kurz überprüfen or inspizieren; (= clean) → mal kurz über etw (acc) → gehen (inf); to give somebody the or a once-over (= beat up) → jdn in die Mache nehmen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

once-over

[ˈwʌnsˌəʊvəʳ] n (fam) to give sb/sth the once-over → dare una sbirciata a qn/qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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