road show

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noun

a show, 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, as one promoting a company's products or a government program.

Informal. any group traveling about the country for a specific purpose, as a political candidate together with his or her entourage.

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Origin of road show

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Words nearby road show

road rage, Roadrailer, road rash, road roller, roadrunner, road show, roadside, roadstead, roadster, road tax, road test

Other definitions for road show (2 of 2)

road-show

[ rohd-shoh ]

/ ˈroʊdˈʃoʊ /

adjective

of or relating to road shows.

verb (used with object), road-showed, road-show·ing.

to present as a 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.
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Another 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.
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Then they have to go on a road show to pitch potential investors before their public market debut.
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Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
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As soon as this attack [happened], Paris citizens came together to show were are not afraid, we are Charlie Hebdo.
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And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.
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Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.
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Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
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His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
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She set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
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The first rail road opened in Brazil, the emperor and empress being present at the inauguration.
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British Dictionary definitions for road show

road show

noun

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 showthe 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 visitingan 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

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.