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cast/run your/an eye over sth

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Definition

to look at something quickly, often in order to give your opinion about it: Would you cast an eye over our work so far? → See also black eye
(Definition of cast/run your/an eye over sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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