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seen red

seen red is the past participle 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 seen red

What is seen red the past participle of?
Seen red is the past participle of see red.

Words near seen red in the dictionary

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

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