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Definition
time-consuming bureaucratic procedures — especially those that seem needless
- A man has relatives in the old country but he can't get them over here on account of a lot of red tape.Chapter 24 (29% in)
- There's red tape connected with collecting insurance.Chapter 36 (19% in)
There are no more uses of "red tape" in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
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