ˈpaper chase BrE AmE noun [countable] informal
an official process that prevents you from doing something quickly because it involves writing or reading a lot of documents ⇨ bureaucracy , red tape
ˈpaper chase BrE AmE noun [countable] informal
an official process that prevents you from doing something quickly because it involves writing or reading a lot of documents ⇨ bureaucracy , red tape
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012