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seeing red

seeing red is the present participle and gerund of see red.

Meaning of see red

Verb

see red (third-person singular simple present sees red, present participle seeing red, simple past saw red, past participle seen red)

  1. (idiomatic) To become enraged, angry, or infuriated.
    • "So help me, God," he cried, "when I think it all over I go crazy, I see red."1901, Frank Norris, chapter 2, in The Octopus
  2. (idiomatic) To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field.
    • Diop, sometimes criticized for passive play, saw red once this season when he lashed out at a foe who kicked away his legs.2005 January 26, Rob Hughes, “Soccer: Trio from Senegal is having a ball”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2023, retrieved 14 Nov 2013

Questions about seeing red

What is seeing red the present participle and gerund of?
Seeing red is the present participle and gerund of see red.

Words near seeing red in the dictionary

  1. seeing over
  2. seeing past
  3. seeing past the end of one's nose
  4. seeing past the tip of one's nose
  5. seeing reason
  6. seeing red
  7. seeing sense
  8. seeing service
  9. seeing shit
  10. seeing someone right
  11. seeing someone's etchings

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