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To extend the utmost hospitality; to treat someone as an honored guest; to welcome or host, especially in a showy or extravagant manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
Examples
- The mayor of the little town rolled out the red carpet for new businesses by calling on them personally.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
热烈欢迎
(rèliè huānyíng)
— extend the utmost hospitality
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Chinese Mandarin:
隆重欢迎
— extend the utmost hospitality
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Finnish:
levittää punainen matto
— extend the utmost hospitality
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French:
dérouler le tapis rouge
— extend the utmost hospitality
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Italian:
offrire un trattamento coi fiocchi
— extend the utmost hospitality
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Swedish:
rulla ut röda mattan
— extend the utmost hospitality
