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What is red tape?

What is red tape? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The binding tape once used for holding important documents together.
  2. (metonymy) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.
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Without it, red tape will strangle plans for the Queen to unveil the memorial on the eve of the 60th anniversary of VE Day.
The prospect of the red tape involved in applying for new plates persuaded many car owners that this was cheap at the price.
The bureaucratic red tape and formalities that one has to go through is the source of frustration to everyone who lives here.
An anemic supply chain, poor infrastructure, and government red tape have kept manufacturers away for years.
Is this country so bound up in red tape that compassion has been strangled?
The theatre's dark today, which is just as well because the police have just cordoned off the top of Roseberry Avenue with red tape.

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