Red carpet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.

    "I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]"

  2. 2
    a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on wordnet
  3. 3
    VIP treatment. broadly, figuratively
Adjective
  1. 1
    special treatment or hospitality wordnet

Synonyms

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red-carpet

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"I've been gunged on children's TV, hung out with some actors off that soap Dad used to watch, done a photoshoot for a major highstreet fashion outlet and now here we are on the red carpet, outside the cinema in Leicester Square […]"

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