give something a once-over

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• give something a once-over — give (something) a once over informal to clean something quickly. I ll just give the carpet a once over with the vacuum cleaner before we go. (often + with) …   New idioms dictionary

• give something the once-over — give (someone/something) the once over informal to quickly look at someone or examine something in order to see what they are like. The security guard gave me the once over but didn t bother checking my pass. Can you give my essay the once over… …   New idioms dictionary

• give someone the once-over — give (someone/something) the once over informal to quickly look at someone or examine something in order to see what they are like. The security guard gave me the once over but didn t bother checking my pass. Can you give my essay the once over… …   New idioms dictionary

• give something the once-over — …   Useful english dictionary

• give it the once-over (to) —  Check something but not spend a lot of time carefully reviewing it …   American business jargon

• give a once-over — give (something) a once over informal to clean something quickly. I ll just give the carpet a once over with the vacuum cleaner before we go. (often + with) …   New idioms dictionary

• give the once-over — give (someone/something) the once over informal to quickly look at someone or examine something in order to see what they are like. The security guard gave me the once over but didn t bother checking my pass. Can you give my essay the once over… …   New idioms dictionary

• once-over — once ,over noun give someone/something the once over INFORMAL 1. ) to look at someone or examine something very quickly, in order to see what they are like 2. ) to clean something very quickly …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• once-over — UK / US noun give someone/something the once over informal to look at someone or examine something very quickly, in order to see what they are like; informal to clean something very quickly He gave the new guy the once over and decided he looked… …   English dictionary

• once-over — n give sth the/a once over a) to look at someone or something quickly to check what they are like b) to clean or tidy something quickly …   Dictionary of contemporary English