a whistle-stop tour
/ə ˈwɪsl̩ stɒp ˌtʊə/NEUTRAL · C1
Meaning
a quick trip that visits many places in a short time
Examples
- 1Our guide took us on a whistle-stop tour of Rome, with ten minutes at each fountain.
- 2The new manager made a whistle-stop tour of all five shops in one afternoon.
- 3We only had one day in Paris, so the whole trip was a whistle-stop tour.
- 4Gran came home exhausted from a whistle-stop tour, having visited six cousins in two days.
- 5Is the school trip a whistle-stop tour, or will the class have time to explore each city?
Grammar
Keep the hyphen in whistle-stop. The places visited follow of, and the phrase often follows go on, make or take someone on.
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