once over lightly









once over lightly


noun Informal.

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

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