noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
give
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Could you give it a once-over ?
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The guard gave them a dubious once-over .
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Brian X. They'd pull him in and give him the once-over .
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I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brian X. They'd pull him in and give him the once-over .
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Could you give it a once-over ?
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I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over .
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Taking her eyes from the man onstage, she gave the punters a swift once-over .
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The guard gave them a dubious once-over .
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The only strategy the Reds manager required on Tuesday was a quick once-over through the Giants' injury-plagued lineup.
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There the Vadinamian permanent station gave us their usual, painstaking, molecular once-over .