red light

Definitions

1. A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
2. A sign of a brothel.
3. A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.”

“Paddington [the GWR HQ] saw⟳ the red light⟳, however, and the extension to Nantgarw was withdrawn on the G.W.R. agreeing "to lay⟳ down the narrow gauge [actually standard gauge as compared to broad gauge] from Didcot over the whole of their system in South Wales."”

“Roxanne, you don't have⟳ to put⟳ on your red light⟳.”

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