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give the royal treatment

give the royal treatment verb: to treat (someone) extremely well.

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

Forms of give the royal treatment

third-person singular presentgives the royal treatment
present participlegiving the royal treatment
pastgave the royal treatment
past participlegiven the royal treatment

Questions about give the royal treatment

What does give the royal treatment mean?
Give the royal treatment means to treat (someone) extremely well.
What part of speech is give the royal treatment?
Give the royal treatment is a verb.
What is the past tense of give the royal treatment?
The past tense of give the royal treatment is gave the royal treatment.

Words near give the royal treatment in the dictionary

  1. give the game away
  2. give the go-by
  3. give the lie
  4. give the lie to
  5. give the mitten to
  6. give the royal treatment
  7. give the sack
  8. give the stem
  9. give the store away
  10. give the time of day
  11. give the word

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