once-over

once-o·ver

(wŭns′ō′vər)

n. Informal

A quick but comprehensive survey or performance: Let's give this memorandum the once-over.

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)

once′-o`ver

n.

1. a quick look, examination, or appraisal.

2. a quick, superficial job.

[1910–15, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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)

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

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)

once-over

[ˈwʌnsˌəʊvəʳ] n (fam) to give sb/sth the once-over → dare una sbirciata a qn/qc