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go on tour
[for a performing group] to go from place to place, performing. Our play went on tour across the state. If we make the play a success, we will go on tour.

a tour de force
a performance or achievement which shows a lot of skill and which is admired by a lot of people His performance as Richard III was a brilliant tour de force.
See also: force

a whistle-stop tour

a very quick visit to several places (often + of ) Coach loads of tourists come for whistle-stop tours of the main European cities.

on tour
going to several places to perform The band is currently on tour in Australia. Our local women's basketball team is on tour right now, playing exhibition games in a number of cities.


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But Subaru is hoping to enter the mainstream market with the introduction this month of the new Subaru Legacy Tourer and off-road capable Legacy Outback.
There is a real sense of status about the latest C5 Tourer - a car which sweeps imperiously down the motorway.
THE wraps have come off Bentley's new flagship grand tourer, the Mulsanne.
 
 
 
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