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cut red tape

cut red tape verb: to reduce bureaucracy.

Verb

cut red tape (third-person singular simple present cuts red tape, present participle cutting red tape, simple past and past participle cut red tape)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To reduce bureaucracy.
    • This insurance company is an expert at cutting red tape to process your claim faster.

cut red tape meaning in Bengali

cut red tape in Bengali

আমলাতন্ত্র কমানো

Forms of cut red tape

third-person singular presentcuts red tape
present participlecutting red tape
past participlecut red tape
pastcut red tape

Origin of cut red tape

from cut "to remove" + red tape "excessive bureaucratic procedures"

Questions about cut red tape

What does cut red tape mean?
Cut red tape means to reduce bureaucracy.
What is cut red tape in Bengali?
Cut red tape in Bengali is আমলাতন্ত্র কমানো. See Cut red tape meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is cut red tape?
Cut red tape is a verb.
What is the past tense of cut red tape?
The past tense of cut red tape is cut red tape.

Words near cut red tape in the dictionary

  1. cut out
  2. cut out of the same cloth
  3. cut out the middleman
  4. cut point
  5. cut points
  6. cut red tape
  7. cut round
  8. cut scene
  9. cut scenes
  10. cut sheet
  11. cut sheets

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