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red tape

idiom

Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.


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  1. 01

    bleed red ink

    To suffer from severe net losses.

  2. 02

    clap one's hands red

    To clap or applaud intensely.

  3. 03

    cut red tape

    To reduce bureaucracy.

  4. 04

    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”).

  5. 05

    paint the town red

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

  6. 06

    play the same tape

    To repeat exactly what one previously said or did.

  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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