once over lightly
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This once-over-lightly approach is perhaps appropriate, given that Stritch was not inclined to introspection.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2019
She was not one for a once-over-lightly look at what the policy team was advocating.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2016
It’s a deliberately once-over-lightly way of proceeding, and professional philosophers and self-styled sophisticates will bail out before the second chapter.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2015
It all adds up to an entertaining 88 minutes, despite the film’s ramshackle construction and its once-over-lightly approach to political, cultural and athletic history.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2011
And long before any of these, the Knights of Columbus began sponsoring magazine ads giving once-over-lightly explanations of Roman Catholic doctrine.
From Time Magazine Archive
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