grand tour

noun

: an extended tour of the Continent that was formerly a usual part of the education of young British gentlemen

: an extensive and usually educational tour

Examples of grand tour in a Sentence

They offered to give us a grand tour of their new house.

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Eugene Levy so much, his famous eyebrows get raised right off his head and go on a grand tour — ending up as a mustache on a baby, kings to awed caterpillars and even alighting on daughter Sarah’s hand before returning to his face. —

Alex Apatoff, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025 The book’s captions balance information and humor, as do mini-essays in which Emery and Lei reflect upon various stops on Flaco’s grand tour. —

Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 Not Bali?), Trump-Vance have already filled their steamer trunks with shiny ties and sundry grooming paraphernalia and embarked on a grand tour of the North American continent. —

airmail.news, 27 July 2024 Think of it as a grand tour of the sport’s culture! —

Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grand tour