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red carpet

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A strip of red carpet that is laid for a VIP to walk on.
  2. VIP treatment.
    broadly, figuratively

Equivalents

Españolalfombra roja
Françaistapis rouge
DeutschRoter Teppich
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Examples

“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 […]”
“This time, the actor was in uncomfortably touchy-feely form⟳. First he sidled up behind Scarlett Johansson as she posed on the red carpet, kissed her, and slid his hand around her waist.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

red caviar red cedar red cell red cent Red Centre red chalk

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