From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstroke of genius/inspiration etcstroke of genius/inspiration etcIDEAa very good idea about what to do to solve a problem It was a stroke of genius to film the movie in Toronto. → stroke
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stroke of genius/inspiration etc• Really, quite a stroke of genius.• It was putting it into such a familiar context as a railway train that was a stroke of genius.• Kevin Coley was busy supervising four different video cameramen to capture Trace's every stroke of genius on the field. 