give the once-over

give somebody/something the once-over

to quickly look at someone or something in order to make a judgment The security guard gave me the once-over but didn't bother checking my pass. Can you give my list the once-over before I hand it in?

give somebody/something the once-over

(informal)

to quickly look at someone or examine something in order to see what they are like The security guard gave me the once-over but didn't bother checking my pass. Can you give my essay the once-over before I hand it in?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
MÉLine	me-LEEN	French
Niklas	NIK-lahs (Swedish), NEEK-lahs (Finnish)	Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, German
Hiram	['haiərəm]
Nunzia	NOON-tsyah	Italian
Ingomar	-	German, Ancient Germanic
Samuel	SAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English), sah-MWEL (Spanish), SAH-moo-el (Swedish, Finnish)	English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Dani