red light
About 2.25 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.
- noun A sign of a brothel.
- noun A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.
Similar words
warning light offsetting red tolerance tolerant red light camera red-light camera red flag cherry red zone
Word family
red lights
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