lick and a promise

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Dismissed foreign policy and foreign trade with a lick and a promise.

From Time Magazine Archive

Malachy whispers our wash was a lick and a promise, that’s what Mam would say.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

Half of the fellows didn't wash at all, and all we Scouts were allowed to do was to wash our faces, with a lick and a promise, at the creek, under guard.

From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)

One of her mother's phrases came into her head: 'a lick and a promise.'

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

I shall but give it a lick and a promise; just mop up the wet, and dry the grate, and get a bit of fire alight.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.