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Idiom

red meat

Meaning

Fresh, inspiring, or inflammatory topics or information.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The politician gave the crowd some red meat to keep them excited.”

“The newspaper published a controversial story that served as red meat for their angry readers.”

“The candidate intentionally included inflammatory rhetoric in his speech, knowing it would serve as red meat for his most loyal and vocal supporters.”

Examples

simple

“The politician gave the crowd some red meat to keep them excited.”

contextual

“The newspaper published a controversial story that served as red meat for their angry readers.”

complex

“The candidate intentionally included inflammatory rhetoric in his speech, knowing it would serve as red meat for his most loyal and vocal supporters.”

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