once-overnoun
uk/ˈwʌns.əʊ.vər/us/ˈwʌns.oʊ.vɚ/informalonce-over noun (LOOKING)
give sth/sb the once-over
to look at and examine something or someone quickly:
The security guards gave me the once-over, but they didn't ask me for any identification.
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Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- bounty hunter
- burrow
- cast around
- dig
- drag
- nose
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- quest
- seek
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
- witch hunt
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once-over noun (CLEANING)
[ S ] the act of quickly cleaning a place:
Would you mind giving the carpet a once-over with the vacuum cleaner?
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Cleaning & tidying places & things
- a lick and a promise idiom
- adjust
- airing
- bed
- brush
- char
- clean (sb/sth) up
- freshen (sb/sth) up
- going-over
- Hoover
- housekeeping
- housework
- shampoo
- spit
- straighten sth out
- straighten sth up
- tidy sth away
- vac
- vacuum
- valet
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