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Meaning of redtape | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Archaic form of red tape.

alt-of, archaic, uncountable

Examples

“[…] what blind obstructions, fatal indolences, pedantries, stupidities, on the right and on the left, he had to do battle with; what a world-wide jungle of redtape, inhabited by doleful creatures, deaf or nearly so to human reason or entreaty, he had entered on; […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

redthroat Redtop redtop grass redtwig redtwig dogwood redub

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