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tour d'horizon

noun
/ˈtʊə(ɹ)ˌdɒɹɪˈzɒn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French tour d'horizon.

  1. borrowed from tour d'horizon

Definitions

  1. An extensive tour

    An extensive tour; figuratively, a wide-ranging or general survey.

    • The observation plane made two lazy circles in the darkening sky and then, not wanting to be caught up there with full night coming, it broke off the second tour d'horizon and headed home, south and east.
    • This chapter provided a tour d'horizon of survey documentation as it stands today and might develop in the near future.

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