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red light
1noun
- a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”
- an order or directive to halt an action, project, etc.:
There's a red light on all unnecessary expenses.
- a children's running game in which players must stop when “Red light!” is called.
- a signal of danger; warning.
red-light
2[ red-lahyt ]
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light.
red light
noun
- a signal to stop, esp a red traffic signal in a system of traffic lights
- a danger signal
- an instruction to stop or discontinue
- a red lamp in a window of or outside a house indicating that it is a brothel
- ( as modifier )
a red-light district
Word History and Origins
Origin of red light1
Origin of red light2
Example Sentences
Even more striking: crimes of vastly different severity carry the same penalty - like practicing homoeopathy without a licence, jumping a red light, or forcing someone into labour - all punishable with a one-year sentence.
Pulido pulled his Dodge Dart off the 5 Freeway and blew through a red light, nearly hitting two cars, the officer wrote.
Two people died Saturday morning when a Tesla drove through a red light and slammed into a pick-up truck and a bus in Fullerton, authorities said.
"In our operations centre you would seen all the red lights go, that the systems were powering down," he said.
The catch is that whenever someone enters, red lights blink on and off at their partners’ villa to alert them that someone is sticking a few appendages where they shouldn't be.
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