give (one) the once over Idiom

all over but the shouting

(See it's all over but the shouting)

all over hell's half acre

all over the place, everywhere I left the gate open, and the cows are all over hell's half acre.

ass over teakettle

falling over backwards, head over heels The cowboy knocked him off his feet - ass over teakettle!

be over

" be finished; end."

below the poverty line

not earning enough to survive, very poor, as poor as a church mouse If husband and wife are earning minimum wage, they're living below the poverty line.

bend over backwards

do anything to help, try to please, go the extra mile They'll bend over backwards to find a room for you. They give excellent service.

bend over backwards to do something

try very hard If I can, I will bend over backwards to help you get a promotion in the company.

blow me over

"it is unbelievable; far out" He's over 50? Well, blow me over!

blow my cover

reveal my true identity, reveal my hiding place With a false passport, I can enter Bali, if nobody blows my cover.

blow over

die down or calm down The problem with the lost invoices has finally blown over and everyone is working hard again.

give (one) the once-over

1. To audit or appraise one quickly. Make abiding you accord anybody the assay afore they appear into the club. We don't appetite anyone bringing in annihilation dangerous. Let me accord you the assay to accomplish abiding your accouterments looks all right.2. To attending at one in a way that conveys interest, about animal interest. That beautiful guy is absolutely giving you the once-over—you should go allocution to him!Learn more: give

give addition the once-over

Also, give addition the eye. Attending or beam at addition with interest. For example, The new drillmaster gave the aggregation the assay afore introducing himself, or He gave her the eye and she blushed. The aboriginal expression, a colloquialism, about implies a quick but absolute analysis or assessment. The variant, a slangy acceptance sometimes amplified to give the animated eye, about signifies an agreeable glance. [Early 1900s] Additionally see make eyes at. Learn more: give, someone

give someone/something the once-over

give someone/something a once-over

INFORMALIf you give addition or article the once-over or a once-over, you attending at them or appraise them quickly. Penny gives me the once-over. I'm cutting a ablaze anorak that'll go down able-bodied with European viewers, she says. Could you accord this email a assay afore I accelerate it, please? Note: You can additionally aloof allocution about a once-over. You could accompany the car to a artisan for a once-over.Learn more: give, someone, something

give somebody/something a/the ˈonce-over

(informal)
1 attending at somebody/something bound to see what they are/it is like: The freeholder gave the abode the assay to analysis if annihilation was burst or missing.
2 apple-pie article quickly: She gave the allowance a quick assay afore the guests arrived.Learn more: give, somebody, something

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