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lookover

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English

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Etymology

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Deverbal from look over.

Noun

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lookover (plural lookovers)

  1. A brief visual inspection.
    Hyponym: once-over
    • 2009 April 14, Joe Sharkey, “Looking You Over, With a Shameless Gaze”, in New York Times[1]:
      Originally, whole-body imaging was proposed as an alternative for the relatively few passengers chosen for secondary screening, allowing them to opt for a machine lookover rather than a physical pat-down.

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