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command performance
noun
- a performance of a play, opera, ballet, or the like, given at the request of a sovereign or head of state.
command performance
noun
- a performance of a play, opera, etc, at the request of a ruler or of royalty
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of command performance1
Idioms and Phrases
An occasion that one is obliged to attend, as in My boss's invitations to dinner are always a command performance . This term originally (late 1800s) denoted a theatrical or musical performance presented at the behest of a sovereign or head of state. By the 1930s it was also used figuratively for any more or less obligatory occasion or performance.Example Sentences
I gave what I consider to be a command performance for President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.
But Chenoweth patented this fizzy, morally complicated update of Glinda the Good — one of the reasons it was karmically so satisfying to see Menzel and Chenoweth reunited in the film for a command performance in Oz.
Ledecky, who has never lost a world championship or Olympic final at 800 or 1,500 meters, also gave a command performance Wednesday, racing out to a body-length lead at 400 meters and adding to that advantage with each stroke.
The Steelers were dominant on defense Monday and there’s no reason to think they can’t have a command performance against the Raiders.
“Lee Zeldin’s command performance, despite coming up a little short, and quality candidates who really worked tirelessly in their districts, produced a great win for us,†Rep.-elect Marc Molinaro said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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