road show
or roadshow
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.
Origin of road show
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of or relating to road shows.
to present as a road show.
Origin of road-show
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How to use road show in a sentence
I think it needs to be a road show into our communities to make it easier for people that live there.
North County Report: Oceanside’s New Police Chief Promises More Transparency | Kayla Jimenez | March 31, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoAnother result, said Buyer, has road shows going virtual—a process she says is superior because it lets a company visit more potential investors without having to hopscotch all over the country.
Then they have to go on a road show to pitch potential investors before their public market debut.
‘More than a moment’: SPACs give DTC startups a potential new exit strategy | Anna Hensel | October 23, 2020 | DigidayA road show is in the works; it will visit some 35 cities beginning in September.
New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’ | Ross Wetzsteon | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was the most perfect party, a road show no one thought would end.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull | Mark Jacobson | March 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Bibi Netanyahu talked to the World Economic Forum this afternoon like a pitchman on a road show.
Netanyahu: Israel’s What’s Right With the Middle East | Christopher Dickey | January 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey disparage his trip to a Navy shipbuilder as a “road show.”
Behind John Boehner’s Bluster as He Shifts Blame for the Sequester | Eleanor Clift | February 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe ambassador-commander road show should in turn elicit renewed commitments from Afghans to fight hardest—but not alone.
America Prepares to Fold in Afghanistan But Must Stay | John Kael Weston | January 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTEach camp of the airmen looked to Tom, when he drew near, like the pitch of a road show.
Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound | Alice B. EmersonBut the plain fact about the ordinary little southern "road show" is that it does not deserve to make money.
American Adventures | Julian StreetAin't no sich good times now as we had in de old road show days.
Slave Narratives: Arkansas Narratives | Work Projects AdministrationThere was one in Ohio, she remembered: she played it once with a Shubert road show.
Ladies and Gentlemen | Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for road show
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with road show
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.
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