red meat
Fresh, inspiring, or inflammatory topics or information.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“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.”
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bleed red ink
To suffer from severe net losses.
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chew the meat and spit out the bones
To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable.
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clap one's hands red
To clap or applaud intensely.
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cut red tape
To reduce bureaucracy.
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dead meat
Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.
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meat market
A place where one goes for a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub.
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meat on one's bones
An amount of flesh on one's body that prevents one from being very thin.
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meat on the bones
A substantial addition to or augmentation of the content of something, especially something which is unfinished or incomplete.
Last updated August 10, 2026