give the royal treatment

verb

To treat (someone) extremely well.

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Meanings

verbgive 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)

present singular third person gives the royal treatment · participle present giving the royal treatment · past gave the royal treatment · participle past given the royal treatment

  1. idiomaticTo 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

Translations

French traiter aux petits oignons
  • traiter aux petits oignonsTranslations
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