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road show
1noun
- a show, such as a play or musical comedy, performed by a touring group of actors.
- an important motion picture, usually presented only twice daily on a reserved-seat basis and at increased prices.
- any traveling exhibit, such as one promoting a company's products or a government program.
- Informal. any group traveling around the country for a specific purpose, such as a political candidate together with an entourage.
road-show
2[ rohd-shoh ]
adjective
- of or relating to road shows.
verb (used with object)
- to present as a road show.
road show
noun
- a radio show broadcast live from one of a number of towns or venues being visited by a disc jockey who is touring an area
- the touring disc jockey and the personnel and equipment needed to present such a show
the Radio 1 road show will be in Brighton next week
- a group of entertainers, esp pop musicians, on tour
- any occasion when an organization attracts publicity while touring or visiting
an antiques road show
a royal road show
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of road show1
Origin of road show2
Idioms and Phrases
A tour made for a particular purpose, especially a political campaign. For example, It was primary season, and every would-be candidate was planning a road show . This term originated about 1900 for touring theatrical productions and in the mid-1900s began to be transferred to other endeavors.Example Sentences
She hopes to organise a "quantum road show" as a first step in introducing schoolchildren to quantum science at a much earlier age that she was.
They will also perform at San Francisco’s Oracle Park on May 29 and will play St. Louis’ Dome at America’s Center on June 4 on the 19-stop road show.
Linkin Park is expanding its comeback tour, taking their From Zero road show across the globe.
Gilmour’s tour behind “Luck and Strange” — his first studio album and his first road show in nearly a decade — is limited in terms of its itinerary, with dates in only four cities.
There is more than one reason for the Lakers preseason road show, but that doesn’t make it a great way to prepare.
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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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