once-over

/'wʌns,ouvə/

Thân thiện

I gave the car a quick once-over before the road trip.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A swift, cursory examination or inspection: A quick, often superficial look at someone or something to get a general impression or to check for obvious issues.

Usage

• The word "once-over" is an informal, idiomatic noun. It is typically used with the definite article "the" in the phrase "give [someone/something] the once-over," meaning to quickly examine or inspect.
• It describes a brief assessment, not a detailed or thorough inspection.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The mechanic gave the car the once-over before our road trip.
  • She gave the document a quick once-over before signing it.
  • I could feel him giving me the once-over from across the room.

Advanced Usage

• "To get the once-over": To be subjected to a quick inspection.
  • The new security system got the once-over from the manager.
• The term often implies the inspection is done with the eyes, from head to toe for a person, or from one end to the other for an object.

Variants and Related Words

• Once-over-lightly (noun, informal): An even more casual or hasty examination.
  • We only had time for a once-over-lightly of the proposal.

Synonyms

• Glance: A brief or hurried look.
• Look-over: An act of inspecting or examining something.
• Scan: A quick look through something.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Give something a once-over: The standard idiomatic phrase using this word.
  • Always give your email a once-over for typos before sending.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a swift cursory examination or inspection
   • I gave him the once-over

Từ đồng nghĩa

• look-over