Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

once-over-lightly

[wuhns-oh-ver-lahyt-lee]
See more synonyms for once-over-lightly on Thesaurus.com
noun Informal.
  1. a hasty or superficial treatment, look, examination, etc.; once-over: The maid gave the room the once-over-lightly.
Show More

Origin of once-over-lightly

First recorded in 1940–45
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018