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grand tour

 noun
     
grand tour [countable]
1

the grand tour

DLT a trip round Europe made in the past by young British or American people from rich families as part of their education
2 an occasion when someone takes you around a building to show it to you - used humorously:
They took us on a grand tour of their new house.
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