grand tour
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4.8
- noun
- /ɡrænd tʊr/
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visita guiada
- Let me take you on a grand tour of the museum, so you can see all the impressive exhibits.
- give you a grand tour
- get a grand tour
- take the grand tour
So time to hook back up and power up the audio gear and take you guys now on a Grand Tour of the finished setup.
- So time to hook back up and power up the audio gear and take you guys now on a Grand Tour of the finished setup.
- Oh, so much for giving us a absolutely world class Grand Tour of this incredible aspect of our lives that we call sleep.
Examples
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Who's ready for the grand tour?
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Let's take the grand tour.
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Let me give you the grand tour.
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Thank you for the grand tour.
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Just let me give you the grand tour.
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I was given a grand tour of the whole process of building these units.
Blog text (15) -
Come with me, I'll give you the grand tour.
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I'll give you the grand tour.
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If your mom says it's okay, you can come down to the lab and I will give you the grand tour.
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I was going to give Tracy the grand tour of the house.
Synonyms
819
1.0
A trip visiting several places and returning to the start, usually for work or pleasure
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1.1
Visiting interesting places when you travel
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Morphology
The words 'grand' (magnificent) + 'tour' (trip) transparently give the sense of an impressive or large journey, so a B1 learner would likely infer a general meaning like 'a splendid trip.' However, the phrase's conventional, historically specific meaning (an extended 18th‑century educational circuit through Europe) is culturally specialized and not predictable from the constituents alone, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Grand tour comes from the idea of a big, important visit where a guide shows you the best parts of a place. Think of grand meaning 'large or impressive' and tour meaning 'visit', so it now means 'an organized visit' that covers the main sights.