cut red tape

cut red tape
To reduce bureaucracy.

This insurance company is an expert at cutting red tape to process your claim faster.


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  • red tape — ˌred ˈtape noun [uncountable] official rules that seem complicated and unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily: • The only way to get this project off the ground is to cut through the red tape. • Planning permission is… …   Financial and business terms

  • red tape — {n. phr.} Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays. * /If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who can cut through all that red tape./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • red tape — {n. phr.} Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays. * /If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who can cut through all that red tape./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • red tape — n [U] official rules that seem unnecessary and prevent things from being done quickly and easily ▪ a procedure surrounded by bureaucracy and red tape ▪ The new rules should help cut the red tape for farmers …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • red tape — n. 1) to get caught up in, get involved in red tape 2) to cut, eliminate (the) red tape * * * [ˌred teɪp] eliminate (the) red tape get involved in red tape to cut to get caught up in …   Combinatory dictionary

  • red tape — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ administrative, bureaucratic ▪ government, governmental (AmE) VERB + RED TAPE ▪ cut, reduce …   Collocations dictionary

  • red tape — n. bureaucratic annoyances; bureaucratic forms and procedures. (Typically with cut as in the example.) □ If you deal with the government, you will have to put up with lots of red tape. □ I have a friend who knows how to cut through red tape …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • red\ tape — n. phr. Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays. If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who can cut through all that red tape …   Словарь американских идиом

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  • cut — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hole/opening made by cutting ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, neat ▪ little, small ▪ long ▪ straight …   Collocations dictionary

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