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.
Origin
1940-45
Idioms and Phrases with
once over lightly
once over lightly
Cursorily, quickly, as in
I did go over the program once over lightly, but perhaps I should read it more carefully
.
[
; mid-1900s
]