Usage of "red tape" | TermGallery

rus

espanyol

Red-dyed cotton tape formerly used for bundling official documents; by extension, excessively bureaucratic procedures or regulations.

Related terms

espanyol

Needlessly time-consuming procedure.

Usage of red tape in anglès

The excess of red tape seems to be a particularly European problem. 
 The Irish Times 

Some receive no long-term treatment; others are caught up in red tape. 
 Reuters 

Alas nowadays health and safety and ludicrous red tape has hampered stuntsters. 
 The Guardian 

Major British trade delegation in Egypt, but will the red tape end? 
 Reuters 

Go, Matthew; seek the parchment and the notes: tied with red tape. 
 The Adventures of Hugh Trevor 

The pair said they had to overcome red tape along the way. 
 Reuters 

For once the supply of red tape in Richmond seemed temporarily exhausted. 
 Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir... 

Many soldiers also struggled with red tape in trying to get treatment. 
 Reuters 

They must not be held back by restrictive regulation and red tape. 
 The South African 

And in normal circumstances everything would be dismissed as muddled red tape. 
 The girl who kicked the hornet's nest 

The net is constructed of red tape, conditions, forms to be filled. 
 The Irish Times 

Trump's efforts to cut regulatory red tape have been praised by industry. 
 Reuters 

Maybe theyll get the red tape untangled in a couple of years. 
 Artemis Fowl: the opal deception 

Her investigative style didn't lend itself to bureaucracy, politics, and red tape. 
 Deadly Heat 

But the level of red tape and logistical sluggishness beats regional rivals. 
 Reuters 

Luckily the hoppers hadn't made much red tape about the travel permit. 
 Divide and Rule 

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Translations for red tape

rus

espanyol

Red tape through the time

Red tape across language varieties

New Zealand

Common

South Africa

Common

Australia

Common

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Meanings of red tape in anglès