Red tape
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government documents in red-colored tape. First use appears c. 1658 in the publication Public Intelligencer. See cite below. red tape (uncountable) English
cut red tape
+ red tape "excessive bureaucratic procedures" cut red tape (third-person singular simple present cuts red tape, present participle cutting red tape, simple
cutting red tape
cutting red tape present participle and gerund of cut red tape
cuts red tape
cuts red tape third-person singular simple present indicative of cut red tape
red-tapeism
red-tapeism (uncountable) British standard spelling of red-tapism. spermiated, time spread