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tour de force
[too
r duh fawrs, -fohrs; Fr. toor duh fawrs] 
–noun, plural tours de force [toorz duh fawrs, -fohrs; Fr. toor duh fawrs] .
[toorz duh fawrs, -fohrs; Fr. toor duh fawrs] . | 1. | an exceptional achievement by an artist, author, or the like, that is unlikely to be equaled by that person or anyone else; stroke of genius: Herman Melville's Moby Dick was a tour de force. |
| 2. | a particularly adroit maneuver or technique in handling a difficult situation: The way the president got his bill through the Senate was a tour de force. |
| 3. | a feat requiring unusual strength, skill, or ingenuity. |
Origin:
1795–1805; < F: feat of strength or skill
1795–1805; < F: feat of strength or skill
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| tour de force (tōōr' də fôrs', fōrs') n. pl. tours de force (tōōr') A feat requiring great virtuosity or strength, often deliberately undertaken for its difficulty: "In an extraordinary structural tour de force the novel maintains a dual focus" (Julian Moynahan). [French : tour, turn, feat + de, of + force, strength.] |
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tour de force [(toor duh fawrs)]
A feat accomplished through great skill and ability: “The speech was a tour de force; it swept the audience off its feet.”
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