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
red-tapeism
red-tapeism (uncountable) British standard spelling of red-tapism. spermiated, time spread
gray tape
gray tape (countable and uncountable, plural gray tapes) duct tape (often regardless of color) Do you want the green gray tape or the red gray tape? duck
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