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bleeding red ink

bleeding red ink is the present participle and gerund 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 bleeding red ink

What is bleeding red ink the present participle and gerund of?
Bleeding red ink is the present participle and gerund of bleed red ink.

Words near bleeding red ink in the dictionary

  1. bleeding like a stuck hog
  2. bleeding like a stuck pig
  3. bleeding Nora
  4. bleeding oak crust
  5. bleeding out
  6. bleeding red ink
  7. bleeding sickness
  8. bleeding stump
  9. bleeding the monkey
  10. bleeding time
  11. bleeding time test

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