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red meat

idiom
Meaning

Fresh, inspiring, or inflammatory topics or information.


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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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bleed red ink

    To suffer from severe net losses.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    clap one's hands red

    To clap or applaud intensely.

  4. 04

    cut red tape

    To reduce bureaucracy.

  5. 05

    dead meat

    Someone in danger of being killed or severely punished.

  6. 06

    meat market

    A place where one goes for a casual sexual encounter, such as a bar (establishment) or nightclub.

  7. 07

    meat on one's bones

    An amount of flesh on one's body that prevents one from being very thin.

  8. 08

    meat on the bones

    A substantial addition to or augmentation of the content of something, especially something which is unfinished or incomplete.

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