"roll out the red carpet" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-roll out the red carpet.ogg [Australia] Forms: rolls out the red carpet [present, singular, third-person], rolling out the red carpet [participle, present], rolled out the red carpet [participle, past], rolled out the red carpet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=roll out the red carpet}} roll out the red carpet (third-person singular simple present rolls out the red carpet, present participle rolling out the red carpet, simple past and past participle rolled out the red carpet)
  1. (idiomatic) To extend the utmost hospitality; to treat someone as an honored guest; to welcome or host, especially in a showy or extravagant manner. Tags: idiomatic Translations (extend the utmost hospitality): 热烈欢迎 (rèliè huānyíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 隆重欢迎 (Chinese Mandarin), levittää punainen matto (Finnish), dérouler le tapis rouge (French), offrire un trattamento coi fiocchi (Italian), rulla ut röda mattan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-roll_out_the_red_carpet-en-verb-n9UAxDrc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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