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once-over-lightly

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once-o⋅ver-light⋅ly

[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.

Origin:
1940–45
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