what does it mean to go through red tape?
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.red 'tape
n
official rules that seem unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily
a procedure surrounded by bureaucracy and red tape
The new rules should help cut the red tape for farmers."
"Applying for approval involves a great deal of red tape.
I've given up trying to get a visa; there is too much red tape involved.
It takes weeks to get through the red tape.
Poor people have to suffer a lot of red tape to get welfare.
Red tape has delayed the progress of our program.
The PWA was mired in red tape.
There is so much red tape involved in obtaining a government contract that it is sometimes almost not worth the time and expense.
There is too much red tape in this office.
This was no time for red tape and circumlocution, although these have their place in a well-ordered, placid system.
We had to go through all the red tape."
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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