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standing treat

standing treat is the present participle and gerund of stand treat.

Meaning of stand treat

Verb

stand treat (third-person singular simple present stands treat, present participle standing treat, simple past and past participle stood treat)

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To pay the cost of treating someone to something.
    • Is "standing treat" a sale of liquor? Certainly to the "treator," but is it a sale to the "treatee"?1888, Albert Gibson, Robert McLean, Law Notes, volume 7, page 131

Questions about standing treat

What is standing treat the present participle and gerund of?
Standing treat is the present participle and gerund of stand treat.

Words near standing treat in the dictionary

  1. standing the test of time
  2. standing there like a lemon
  3. standing to
  4. standing to reason
  5. standing together
  6. standing treat
  7. standing trial
  8. standing under
  9. standing up
  10. standing up against
  11. standing up and being counted

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