Learn English – Meaning of “any one time”

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Please help me with the exact meaning of the phrase "any one time" in the text below.

You don't think he'd had a good look at me any one time and thought
the original was even worse than that poor picture, so he backed off?

"Casting away" by Alice Munro

I searched other forums and found out it means "at any given moment" but I think it's not true for this particular context, I think it means "even for once". Am I right?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I changed the title and content by dropping at because according to snailplane's suggestion, at is not connected with any one time in this context.

Best Answer

You are right, in this context, at any given moment does not fit. Since the sentence is clear that he never had a good look at her, at [her] any one time means in any given circumstances.

at any one time - under any circumstances.

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