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单词 once-over-lightly
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once-over-lightly

[ wuhns-oh-ver-lahyt-lee ]
/ ˈwʌnsˌoʊ vərˈlaɪt li /

noun Informal.

a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.

Origin of once-over-lightly

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby once-over-lightly

once in a blue moon, once in a lifetime, once in a while, Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once-over, once-over-lightly, oncer, once upon a time, Onchocerca, onchocerciasis, oncidium
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Idioms and Phrases with once-over-lightly

once over lightly

Cursorily, quickly, as in I did go over the program once over lightly, but perhaps I should read it more carefully. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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