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beau geste

[boh zhest] / boʊ ˈʒɛst /
NOUN
gracious gesture
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Still, in city politics, even the beau geste can be fraught.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015

At his death his widow observed: "His life was one long beau geste."

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides that final beau geste she left behind a haunting epitaph, claiming she was a great actress because "she had acted on the last day of her life."

From Time Magazine Archive

Britons who love a beau geste were deliriously enthusiastic.

From Time Magazine Archive

His renunciation had in it that of the beau geste which she secretly adored.

From The Mountebank by Locke, William John