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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of star turn¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Montgomery gets his star turn when his facial recognition and code-breaking “technology” caught the eye of the CIA.

From The Daily Beast

Glenn Close returns to Broadway for the first time since her star turn as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard 20 years ago.

From The Daily Beast

Also: Where is Lucy Liu's nomination for her staggering and career-defining guest-star turn this season?

From The Daily Beast

As exhibited in his recent 60 Minutes star turn, the Ohio congressman cries when asked about crying.

From The Daily Beast

But come October, Zuckerberg deserves the brief star turn he's got coming as the villain.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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But the one on the electric standard this evening didn't exactly achieve a star turn!

From Project Gutenberg

But his star turn was an attempt to crawl up the perpendicular side of a burrow, pushing his load in front of him.

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