Usually means: Quick, thorough inspection or review.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word once-over:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. once-over: Merriam-Webster
  2. once-over: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. once-over: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. once-over, once-over: Collins English Dictionary
  5. once-over: Vocabulary.com
  6. once-over: Wordnik
  7. once-over: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. once-over: Wiktionary
  9. once-over: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. once-over: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. once-over: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. once-over: Dictionary.com
  13. once-over: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. once-over: Rhymezone
  15. once-over: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. once-over: FreeDictionary.org
  17. once-over: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. once-over: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. once-over: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. once-over, once-over: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. once-over: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. once-over: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (once-over)

▸ noun:  A quick clean or polish.
▸ noun:  A cursory inspection or survey.

Similar:
look-over, recleaner, washdown, washout, spit bath, flush, deep clean, deglosser, rewash, reoiling, more...

Opposite:
thorough inspection, careful scrutiny

Types:
visual inspection, perusal, skimming, scan, more...

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Similar:
look-over, recleaner, washdown, washout, spit bath, flush, deep clean, deglosser, rewash, reoiling, more...

Opposite:
thorough inspection, careful scrutiny

Types:
visual inspection, perusal, skimming, scan, more...



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