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bleed red ink

bleed red ink verb: to suffer from severe net losses.

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.

Forms of bleed red ink

third-person singular presentbleeds red ink
present participlebleeding red ink
past participlebled red ink
pastbled red ink

Questions about bleed red ink

What does bleed red ink mean?
Bleed red ink means to suffer from severe net losses.
What part of speech is bleed red ink?
Bleed red ink is a verb.
What is the past tense of bleed red ink?
The past tense of bleed red ink is bled red ink.

Words near bleed red ink in the dictionary

  1. bleed like a pig
  2. bleed like a stuck hog
  3. bleed like a stuck pig
  4. bleed out
  5. bleed outs
  6. bleed red ink
  7. bleed the lizard
  8. bleed the monkey
  9. bleed white
  10. bleed-edge
  11. bleed-edges

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