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red light n
1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a signal to stop, esp a red traffic signal in a system of traffic lights 2. a danger signal 3. an instruction to stop or discontinue 4. a. a red lamp in a window of or outside a house indicating that it is a brothel b. (as modifier) a red-light district ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| The fresh air that had come in through the open door made it easier to breathe, but the rushing sound overhead grew louder, and as I looked upward through the bars of my empty rack I saw a red light flickering on the wall. It is time the little playfellow went in, I think; and there is a very bright fire to tempt her: the red light shines out under the deepening gray of the sky. He stood with his back to the boy looking steadily at the dark line of outlying scrub, seeing in reality nothing, yet keenly anxious that the red light of the dancing flames should not fall upon his face. |
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