| red tape n. The collection or sequence of forms and procedures required to gain bureaucratic approval for something, especially when oppressively complex and time-consuming. [From its former use in tying British official documents.] |
red tape
n
obstructive official routine or procedure; time-consuming bureaucracy
[from the red tape used to bind official government documents]
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| Noun | 1. |  red tape - needlessly time-consuming procedureprocedure - a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings |
red tape
noun bureaucracy, the government, administration, the system, the authorities, officialdom, the corridors of power They are hamstrung to red tape.
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