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once-over colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈwʌnsəʊvə(r)|
[f. once adv. + over prep.]
A glance; a rapid inspection (often with an implication of cursoriness); to give the once-over, to make a rapid assessment of; to give (a person) an appraising or inviting glance; to search someone (for weapons).
1915Recruiter's Bulletin (U.S.) Jan. 7/2 After giving an applicant the ‘once-over’ the other day I told him that I was sorry but I could not take him. 1915Dialect Notes IV. 234 Once-over,..a glance. 1916Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 27 July 6/3 Individuals whose presence on the deserted thoroughfares around the midnight hour aroused suspicions to be given what, in police parlance, is known as the ‘once over’. 1926[see jerry a.2]. 1927Daily Express 31 Oct. 4/3 You require a couple of days, as distinct from the traditional American ‘once over’, to see Chelsea Old Church. 1938E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. ii. 190 Daphne gave the rest of the cakes a rather scornful once-over. 1948M. Allingham More Work for Undertaker xix. 219 They had entered without invitation and were giving it what Luke called ‘the old once-over’. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 26 Aug. 10/3 Whenever travelers enter Baltimore from abroad by ship or air, they are given the onceover by Cap'n Jenks. 1951J. D. Salinger Catcher in Rye x. 85 They probably thought I was too young to give anybody the once-over..—you'd've thought I wanted to marry them or something. 1953E. Taylor Sleeping Beauty ix. 152 Len was curious about Betty..and wished to give her..what he called the once-over. 1954Encounter Feb. 26/2, I could feel his eyes on me even more sharply than before. He was, so to speak, giving me a professional once-over. 1972J. Philips Vanishing Senator (1973) iii. iv. 171 Give Mr. Styles a quick once-over, Francine, but try to remember you're looking for a gun and not trying to excite him sexually. 1977New Yorker 4 July 22/1 He gave his display of perfect strawberries the once-over. |