n.
A carpet laid down for important visitors.
idiom:
roll out the red carpet
- To welcome with great hospitality or ceremony.
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roll out the red carpet
| Idioms: red carpet |
Honorary treatment, lavish hospitality, as in We'll have to get out the red carpet for the President's visit. This term comes from the literal practice of rolling out a carpet to welcome a royal or other esteemed guest, and indeed is often put as
roll out the red carpet. [Early 1900s]
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| WordNet: red carpet |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on
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| Carpet (dream symbols) |
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