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take the red eye

take the red eye verb: to travel on an airplane all night.

Verb

take the red eye (third-person singular simple present takes the red eye, present participle taking the red eye, simple past took the red eye, past participle taken the red eye)

  1. (US, informal) To travel on an airplane all night.

Forms of take the red eye

third-person singular presenttakes the red eye
present participletaking the red eye
pasttook the red eye
past participletaken the red eye

Origin of take the red eye

From red-eye (“overnight airplane flight”).

Questions about take the red eye

What does take the red eye mean?
Take the red eye means to travel on an airplane all night.
What part of speech is take the red eye?
Take the red eye is a verb.
What is the past tense of take the red eye?
The past tense of take the red eye is took the red eye.

Words near take the red eye in the dictionary

  1. take the pledge
  2. take the plunge
  3. take the point
  4. take the purple
  5. take the rap
  6. take the red eye
  7. take the red pill
  8. take the register
  9. take the reins
  10. take the ride
  11. take the roll

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