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once-over-lightly

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once-over-lightly 
1. Fig. a quick and careless treatment. (A noun. Said of an act of cleaning, studying, examination, or appraisal.) Bill gave his geometry the once-over-lightly and then quit studying. Ann, you didn't wash the dishes properly. They only got a once-over-lightly.
2. Fig. cursory; in a quick and careless manner. (An adverb.) Tom studied geometry once-over-lightly. Ann washed the dishes once-over-lightly.


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Inside a Cult" is a once-over-lightly examination of the phenomenon, with experts explaining how leaders exploit their followers and background on some infamously tragic American cults, such as the Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, and Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre.
Layout, as well as the once-over-lightly tone, of this small book make it suited to browsing rather than research, even at an elementary level.
The story being given the once-over-lightly treatment was about people eating more ready-meals than they used to.
 
 
 
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