RED LIGHT


Meaning of RED LIGHT in English

noun

1.

a. : a warning signal

four times the red light on the instrument board blinked — Time

especially : a red traffic signal

at a red light a snarl of traffic waited — Thomas Savage

b. : a cautionary sign : deterrent

the bill is a red light to labor, warning of what may lie ahead — New Republic

2. : a game in which players run toward a goal while the player who is it with his back to them counts ten and whips around on the phrase “red light” when any player he catches in motion must return to the starting line

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