1. look at with a critical eye; - Example: "When the movie star entered, all the women gave him the once over" [syn: give the eye, give the once over]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
give the once over
v 1: look at with a critical eye; "When the movie star entered,
all the women gave him the once over" [syn: give the eye,
give the once over]