Meaning

1 senses

  1. (British, English, colloquial, not comparable)Very nicely or effectively.

    The plan worked a treat.

    That meal went down a treat.

Examples

81 sentences

  1. You're in for a treat.

    Ти отримаєш багато задоволення. — deniko

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  2. Tom gave his dog a treat.

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  3. It sounds like a real treat.

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  4. That would be such a treat.

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  5. It's been a real treat for me.

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Origin

An ellipsis of like a treat (“thing that gives pleasure”).

An ellipsis of like a treat (“thing that gives pleasure”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
like a charm

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aA1aardvarkaartiaback

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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