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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a swift cursory examination or inspection.

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  • noun a swift cursory examination or inspection

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Examples

  • The captain, a native Newfoundlander like myself, was a gruff fellow, and after giving me a cursory look-over when I first came aboard promptly dismissed me from his mind.

    On Desperate Seas « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • I'm not sure how the portable OO has changed since then, so the instructions may not even work for a modern install, but it's worth a look-over.

    Turn Thumb Drives Into Feature-Packed Giveaway Drives | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • To save money, ask an experienced real-estate agent to give the house a good look-over instead, says Brandi Pearl Thompson , an agent in the Chattanooga, Tenn., area.

    Home Sellers Need Inspections, Too Amy Hoak 2011

  • When the deadline looms, leap into action, throw something together, give it a quick look-over and send it out.

    White House Spellcheck FAIL. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • The map was stamped "CONFIDENTIAL," so we naturally gave it a long look-over.

    Who will refudiate the displaced foreign travelers? 2010

  • Stuck in the hallway, with no escape in sight, I give her a real look-over and notice her skinny legs look like tent poles.

    Milo Alan Silberberg 2010

  • Stuck in the hallway, with no escape in sight, I give her a real look-over and notice her skinny legs look like tent poles.

    Milo Alan Silberberg 2010

  •   I give myself a look-over, a smell, on the way down.

    And We Sell Apples 1977 2009

  • "I demand that you translate everything the “old Whitey” is saying," a man in a cheap Mao jacket said, giving us the look-over with a jaundiced eye.

    Archive 2009-05-15 philip j cunningham 2009

  • "I demand that you translate everything the “old Whitey” is saying," a man in a cheap Mao jacket said, giving us the look-over with a jaundiced eye.

    LOOKING FOR GORBACHEV philip j cunningham 2009

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