red light

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Noun

red light (plural red lights)

1. A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating ‘stop’.

   We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.

2. A sign of a brothel.
   • 1978, Sting, Roxanne (song)

     Roxanne, you don't have to put on your red light.

3. (idiomatic) Denial to proceed; a ruling out of any possibility.

Translations

• French: feu rouge
• German: Rotlicht
• Russian: кра́сный свет

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