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bled red ink

bled red ink is the simple past and past participle of bleed red ink.

Meaning of bleed red ink

Verb

bleed red ink (third-person singular simple present bleeds red ink, present participle bleeding red ink, simple past and past participle bled red ink)

  1. (idiomatic) To suffer from severe net losses.
    • The city program was meant to pay for itself, but from the start it was bleeding red ink and was eventually shut down.

Questions about bled red ink

What is bled red ink the simple past and past participle of?
Bled red ink is the simple past and past participle of bleed red ink.

Words near bled red ink in the dictionary

  1. bled
  2. bled dry
  3. bled for
  4. bled like a pig
  5. bled out
  6. bled red ink
  7. bled the monkey
  8. bled white
  9. bleddest
  10. bleddy
  11. Bleddyn

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