star turn


noun
  1. the leading performer or act in a play, review, film, or the like.

  2. a bravura performance by a featured player or act.

Origin of star turn

1
First recorded in 1905–10

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How to use star turn in a sentence

  • And on such feeble premises the star turn of the performance is to take place: the exchange between workers and entrepreneurs.

  • He's the 'star turn' of the enemy's corps, and he fights like the deuce.

  • We are for the moment the star turn of the show—the brave British sailors whom the ladies delight to honour.

    Men, Women and Guns | H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
  • But the one on the electric standard this evening didn't exactly achieve a star turn!

    Far to Seek | Maud Diver
  • But his star turn was an attempt to crawl up the perpendicular side of a burrow, pushing his load in front of him.