Noun, : The accounts were given a thorough going-over. ,The hoodlums gave him a good going-over when they found him. From Dictionary.com.
"Swordfish" got an especially good going-over ahem. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
Who else needs a good reggae going-over, would you say?. From Wordnik.com. [Radiohead, meet Radiodread, mon. | EW.com] Reference
WELL, I got a good going-over in the morning from old Miss. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn] Reference
They gave the room a thorough going-over but could find nothing. From Wordnik.com. [The Three-Minute Universe] Reference
Best to wait until youve had time to give it a proper going-over. From Wordnik.com. [The House at Riverton] Reference
"I've given all the downstairs a thorough going-over," he went on. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Of The Mansion]
They gave the ground floor of the house a very perfunctory going-over. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
"Maybe you two would like the same kind of a going-over you gave my pal!". From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Atomic Earth Blaster]
At the usual time give him the usual spy-ray going-over, but not until then. From Wordnik.com. [First Lensman]
"Not until we've had time to give that room a much more thorough going-over.". From Wordnik.com. [the dirty duck]
The penalty, yet again, was a thorough "going-over", and removal of the shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Computer Underground Digest Volume 1, Issue #1.09] Reference
If she were Kit she would give her a going-over that would ... or could even he. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Lens]
And get your own licensed home inspector, too, to give the property a thorough going-over. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2006] Reference
Also, on nuclear issues, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty gets a going-over and a review here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2001] Reference
It's fair to say that Hillary Clinton got as rough a going-over as her husband did in the campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's Ultimate Juggling Act] Reference
CLARKE: There was a very rigorous going-over of the many bad things that can happen when you take action. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2006] Reference
Products that are returned generally get a good going-over, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. From Wordnik.com. [Refurbished electronics: A bargain shopper's guide] Reference
Anxiously the two boys proceeded to give every drawer and storage compartment in the lab a thorough going-over. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift Jr And His Atomic Earth Blaster]
Comics-to-film gets a good going-over, with panels on Thursday at 3:30 p.m., and Friday at 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. From Wordnik.com. [Five Things A Movie/TV Fan Should Do At San Diego] Reference
I wheeled into the meeting room in a pair of shorts and a T-shirt for a thorough going-over by the arm and leg guys. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of a Patriot] Reference
"I thought I'd give the place a final going-over before we moved the rest of the stuff in," she said almost apologetically. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter]
All the kidz squealed like schoolgirls at prospect of the merciless going-over they are preparing to give these totalbigfatlosers. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
Get hairbrush, he commanded before he walked me to the leeward side of the big pepper tree and gave my hair a thorough going-over. From Wordnik.com. [Fleur De Leigh’s Life of Crime] Reference
Elsass said that Paul got a going-over from Grayson & Co. in the primary — a process he insisted would help Paul the rest of the way. From Wordnik.com. [Rand Paul: No Babe in the Woods] Reference
Mr. Ashcroft's been given quite a going-over, particularly by Senator Durbin from Illinois today on the subject of opposing his nomination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Peter Jennings Offers His Insights on Current Events - January 17, 2001] Reference
I bet he gives that girlfriend of his a good going-over! '. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Minnesota even gets a going-over by the late-night comics. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
Two of Parity's surveyors gave my new home a good going-over. From Wordnik.com. [Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk] Reference
He was determined to give the situation a good going-over in his mind. From Wordnik.com. [All-Wool Morrison] Reference
The Osborne/Cameron Eton/Uni days have been given a thorough going-over. From Wordnik.com. [Ephems of BLB] Reference
Now, Obama's about to endure a going-over that would make a proctologist blush. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing the Forest] Reference
The stranger gave him a cold, calculating going-over with those hard, suspicious eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Man of Many Minds] Reference
"I should say so," he replied, giving them an indifferent going-over with his cold eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Landloper] Reference
However, the Mormons get guyed in Plan 10 from Outer Space, and even Scientology suffers a going-over in Bowfinger. From Wordnik.com. [Film | guardian.co.uk] Reference
At the second going-over in her presence the topic was better shaken down, was in a more solidified form for her notebook. From Wordnik.com. [Joan of Arc of the North Woods] Reference
Makavejev enjoyed himself so much that he asked Channel 4 if he could give the whole film a similar going-over - but C4 refused. From Wordnik.com. [DVD Times] Reference
If the Greens want to be taken seriously, their policies need a good going-over by someone who understands science, such as Ben Goldacre. From Wordnik.com. [Amused Cynicism] Reference
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