whistle-stop tour

whistle-stop tour

A brief trip to several locations. My travel agent offered me such a great deal on a whistle-stop tour of Italy that I couldn't resist.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a ˌwhistle-stop ˈtour

short visits to different places made, for example, by a politician during an election campaign: The Prime Minister left on a whistle-stop tour of the north of England today. The new manager’s gone on a whistle-stop tour of all the offices.In the US, a whistle stop is a small town or station that trains only stop at if somebody gives a signal.
See also: tour
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References in periodicals archive
ASTON VILLA are set to be the latest stop on Robbie Keane's whistle-stop tour of the Premier League.
Back in 1981 about 20 members of the Berwick Youth Orchestra were preparing to give short concerts at 20 villages in the area on a whistle-stop tour. They were due to pile into a mini-bus and within five hours complete the course, finishing with a concert on the steps of Berwick Guildhall.
My whistle-stop tour sets out to win hearts and minds of Birmingham for the prize of UK City of Culture, with visits to workplace canteens, schools, shopping malls and transport hubs along the way.
The five-minute film - called Meet Birmingham - will be launched today and will offer a whistle-stop tour of the city showing its venues, heritage, shopping, hotels and entertainment areas.
AUTHOR Kimm Walker (pictured) will have a whistle-stop tour of the district.
That was the case yesterday when newly-appointed Argentina coach Diego Maradona arrived at the Reds' Carrington training ground as part of a whistle-stop tour of Europe.
HIJINX Theatre's whistle-stop tour of Wales lands at Denbigh town hall this week with its autumn show The Other Woman by Paul Swift, courtesy of Theatr Twm o'r Nant.
A FLYING dentist is to land in South Wales as part of a whistle-stop tour of six UK airports in aid of charity.
He will be doing a whistle-stop tour of businesses in the town centre before the carnival and will take part in the carnival procession before touring the gala field on Sunday, June 15.
It's a whistle-stop tour of the hottest holiday locations, and not just in Britain.
The culture minister spoke during a whistle-stop tour of Liverpool yesterday, during which he met senior Culture Company bosses and theatre, museum and arts org anisations.
On a whistle-stop tour of Scotland promoting new single Let the Young Girl (do what she wants), former Icicle Works frontman McNabb proved he is still at the top of his game.
FORMER US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are expected to drop into Northern Ireland this week on a whistle-stop tour.
Glen and the lads have just returned from a whistle-stop tour of the USA where, our spy tells us: "It looks like things are going to go crazy for them in the USA.
But the whistle-stop tour of milk advertising wouldn't be complete without making reference to the current "White Stuff" campaign which has increased milk consumption by an average 4.5 extra pints of milk per person since its launch in June 2000.