a treat

English

Etymology

An ellipsis of like a treat (“thing that gives pleasure”).[1]

Adverb

a treat (not comparable)

  1. (British English, colloquial) Very nicely or effectively.
    The plan worked a treat.
    That meal went down a treat.

Synonyms

References
  1. Tarselius, Rut (1960) “You Dance a Treat”, in Stockholm Studies in Modern Philology (New Series), volume 1, pages 132–3

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