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gave the royal treatment

gave the royal treatment is the simple past of give the royal treatment.

Meaning of give the royal treatment

Verb

give the royal treatment (third-person singular simple present gives the royal treatment, present participle giving the royal treatment, simple past gave the royal treatment, past participle given the royal treatment)

  1. (idiomatic) To treat (someone) extremely well.
    • We would spit in the food of difficult customers and give the royal treatment to those who treated us with respect. I could never comprehend how a patron could treat somebody they entrusted with their food with anything but the utmost of esteem...2006, Michael Eliot Mehler, Nice Jewish Felon, page 113

Questions about gave the royal treatment

What is gave the royal treatment the simple past of?
Gave the royal treatment is the simple past of give the royal treatment.

Words near gave the royal treatment in the dictionary

  1. gave the finger
  2. gave the floor
  3. gave the game away
  4. gave the lie
  5. gave the lie to
  6. gave the royal treatment
  7. gave the sack
  8. gave the stem
  9. gave the time of day
  10. gave the word
  11. gave thought

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