a treat
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An ellipsis of like a treat (“thing that gives pleasure”).[1]
Adverb[edit]
a treat (not comparable)
- (British English, colloquial) Very nicely or effectively.
- The plan worked a treat.
- That meal went down a treat.
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tarselius, Rut (1960) “You Dance a Treat”, in Stockholm Studies in Modern Philology (New Series), volume 1, pages 132–3