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‖ tour de force|turdəfɔrs|
[F. tour turn, feat, de of, force force, strength.]
A feat of strength, power, or skill.
1802Ld. Elgin Let. 18 Feb. in Paget Papers (1896) II. 41 To exult over what is styled a tour de force of the British Influence here. 1802M. Berry Jrnl. 16 Mar. (1865) II. 137 Women now dance in the style of men, that is to say, with all the difficult steps and tours de force possible. 1805G. Ellis Let. in Lockhart Scott (1837) II. ii. 80 Leyden's breakfast was only a tour de force to astonish Ritson. 1818Lady Morgan Fl. Macarthy II. v. 234 Each should try a tour de force with the other. 1870Ruskin Lect. Art i. (1875) 15 The execution of the best Artists is always a splendid tour-de-force. 1895Salmond Chr. Doctr. Immort. vi. iii. 640 It is only by a tour de force that they can be driven that length. |