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Meaning of bleed red ink | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To suffer from severe net losses.

idiomatic

Examples

“The city program⟳ was meant to pay⟳ for itself, but from the start⟳ it was bleeding red ink and was eventually shut⟳ down.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

bleed the lizard bleed the monkey bleed white bleeded bleedest bleedeth

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