Once-over-lightly


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

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

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