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red tape

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red tape
excessive formality; bureaucratic paperwork. [Am. and Br. Usage: Misc.]


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Having disposed of this temperate refreshment, she arose from her stool, tied her papers into a formal packet with red tape, and taking them under her arm, marched out of the office.
asked Laurie soberly, as Amy laid a bit of red tape, with sealing wax, a taper, and a standish before him.
If I had waited for the governor to let her know in the usual course of red tape we should never have got anywhere.
 
 
 
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