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View synonyms for once-over-lightly
once-over-lightly
[ wuhns-oh-ver-lahyt-lee ]
noun
, Informal.
- a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over:
The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of once-over-lightly1
First recorded in 1940–45
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Idioms and Phrases
Cursorily, quickly, as in I did go over the program once over lightly, but perhaps I should read it more carefully . [ Colloquial ; mid-1900s]Advertisement
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