tour de force
/ˌtʊə də ˈfɔːs
/noun (plural tours de force pronounced same)
A performance or achievement that has been accomplished or managed with great skill: his novel is a tour de force...
- His group's success was a spectacular tour de force of meticulous technique and solid research design.
- It's a tour de force of a performance; one that would be enough to recommend the film on its own.
- Their self-titled debut was a tour de force, a record at once wildly experimental and eminently accessible.
Synonyms
triumph, masterpiece, supreme example, coup, marvellous feat, feather in one's cap, wonder, sensation, master stroke;
French coup de maître
informal hit, knockout
Origin
French, literally 'feat of strength'.