redlight

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redlight

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From red light.

verb redlights · redlighting · redlit · redlighted

  1. transitive To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding.

    Similar: deny, disapprove, forbid, give the red light, prohibit

  2. transitive To stop or cancel.

Opposite: greenlight

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Opposite: greenlight

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"redlight." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/redlight. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{redlight_2026,
  title = {redlight},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/redlight},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}