"once-over" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: once-overs [plural]
Etymology: From the idea of going over something once. Head templates: {{en-noun}} once-over (plural once-overs)
  1. A quick clean or polish.
    Sense id: en-once-over-en-noun-AuR8IaI~
  2. A cursory inspection or survey. Translations (a cursory inspection): преглеждане набързо (pregleždane nabǎrzo) (Bulgarian), поверхностный осмотр (poverxnostnyj osmotr) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-once-over-en-noun-8L3Q7LhH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'a cursory inspection': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: once over Hypernyms: lookover Related terms: look-see, spot check

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        {
          "text": "My GP gave me the once-over and said it was merely a cold.",
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        },
        {
          "text": "I'll give it a once-over for free, but a proper look will cost you.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing",
          "text": "The dear old room was just as I'd left it, nothing changed, and my first move, of course, was to procure another chair and give the top of the armoire the once-over. It was a set-back to find that the cow-creamer wasn't there.",
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        {
          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter XIII, in Jeeves in the Offing",
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "pregleždane nabǎrzo",
          "sense": "a cursory inspection",
          "word": "преглеждане набързо"
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          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poverxnostnyj osmotr",
          "sense": "a cursory inspection",
          "word": "поверхностный осмотр"
        }
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          "text": "I'll give it a once-over for free, but a proper look will cost you.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1960, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter XIII, in Jeeves in the Offing",
          "text": "Giving the wench the once-over as she entered, I found myself well able to understand why Bobbie on observing her entangled with [her fiancé] had exploded with so loud a report.",
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        }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregleždane nabǎrzo",
      "sense": "a cursory inspection",
      "word": "преглеждане набързо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poverxnostnyj osmotr",
      "sense": "a cursory inspection",
      "word": "поверхностный осмотр"
    }
  ],
  "word": "once-over"
}

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