field trip

field trip

n.

A group excursion for the purpose of firsthand observation, as to a museum, the woods, or a historic place.

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field trip

n

(Social Science / Education) an expedition, as by a group of students or research workers, to study something at first hand

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Noun

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field trip - a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination excursion, jaunt, outing, pleasure trip, junket, sashay, expedition - a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"