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red carpet
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red carpet
n.
A carpet laid down for important visitors.
Idiom:
roll out the red carpet
To welcome with great hospitality or ceremony.

red carpet
n
1. a strip of red carpeting laid for important dignitaries to walk on when arriving or departing
2.
a.  deferential treatment accorded to a person of importance
b.  (as modifier) the returning hero had a red-carpet reception
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Noun1.red carpet - a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk onred carpet - a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on
carpet, carpeting, rug - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
Adj.1.red carpet - special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment"
uncommon - not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability"


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