Check and Red tape

Check

Check noun - The amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount.

Red tape and check are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Red tape" instead a noun "Check".

Red tape

Red tape noun - Needlessly time-consuming procedure.
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Synonyms for Red tape

Check and red tape are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead a noun phrase "Red tape".

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  • Cool Guns / Shotguns JAG: In the 4th season episode ”Going after Francesca”, Chegwidden and Rabb check out shotguns and handguns from the armory of a Navy ship, taking the law into their own hands to save Chegwidden’s kidnapped daughter because the Italian authorities are too slow and buried in red tape.
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