Idiom
Red tape.
This is a negative term for the official paperwork and bureaucracy that we have to deal with.
Exact(6)
To some people regulation is all red tape and bureaucracy.
Johnson assured Schiro that the resources of the federal government were at his disposal and that "all red tape [will] be cut".
A government-appointed task force put the annual cost of all red tape to the economy as a whole at a startlingly high £100 billion.
So while crowdfunding wont eliminate all red tape for startups, there should be a lot less of it.
He has been without a club since his deal expired in June, but Blues had to clear all red tape hurdles before being allowed to restore him to the payroll.
His fighter group counterpart was Scott the three air leaders were the subject of a Life magazine article in August which described them as like-minded Southerners who "are quietly tough, despise the word can't, eliminate all red tape and allow subordinates full range for individual initiative".
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"You wait through all the red tape to break ground.
"Space food is very, very controlled," says Blumenthal. "All this red tape!
"I just want to do what I love without all the red tape and stress," says another.
But does all this red tape hinder architects, or are these the kind of constraints under which creativity can thrive?
All the red tape would at least provide plenty of work for multinational law firms, were they permitted to employ Chinese lawyers which they are not.
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