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given the royal treatment

given the royal treatment is the past participle 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 given the royal treatment

What is given the royal treatment the past participle of?
Given the royal treatment is the past participle of give the royal treatment.

Words near given the royal treatment in the dictionary

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

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