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once over lightly

[wuhns-oh-ver-lahyt-lee] / ˈwʌnsˌoʊ vərˈlaɪt li /






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Six days a week he eyes the sports field once over lightly, knocks out a chatty, chummy column called the Morning After.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her pretty posturing, pouts, stunned, exotic stares are meaningless when she tries to do them once over lightly.

From Time Magazine Archive




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