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bleed red ink

idiom

To suffer from severe net losses.


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  1. 01

    clap one's hands red

    To clap or applaud intensely.

  2. 02

    cut red tape

    To reduce bureaucracy.

  3. 03

    get ink

    To receive publicity.

  4. 04

    ink in

    to schedule in a calendar

  5. 05

    neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring

    Synonym of neither fish nor fowl (“not easily categorized; not rightly belonging or fitting well in a given group or situation; also, not having the advantages of the various options”).

  6. 06

    paint the town red

    To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public place.

  7. 07

    put on the red light

    To advertise oneself as a prostitute.

  8. 08

    Red Baron

    A hotshot fighter pilot.

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