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red lights

red lights is the plural of red light.

Meaning of red light

Noun

red light (plural red lights)

  1. A warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating stop.
    • We ran three red lights on the way to the hospital.
  2. A sign of a brothel.
    • Roxanne, you don't have to put on your red light.1978, Sting, “Roxanne”
  3. (idiomatic) A denial to proceed a ruling out of any possibility.

Questions about red lights

What is red lights the plural of?
Red lights is the plural of red light.

Words near red lights in the dictionary

  1. red light camera
  2. red light cameras
  3. red light district
  4. red light districts
  5. red light, green light
  6. red lights
  7. red line
  8. Red Liner
  9. Red Liners
  10. red lines
  11. red link

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