red rag

Example Sentences

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Fairclough added wearing number one "was like waving a red rag to a bull at that level of football".

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2025

“Azov was like a red rag for them,” he said.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Is this a red rag to a bull, an invitation to Salah to set the record straight?

From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2018

Such an agreement would be far simpler, limited largely to tariff reduction, and would not be known as “TTIP”, a red rag to anti-globalisation protesters.

From Reuters • May 16, 2018

Dunwing gave orders to the two Sparra warriors: “Take red rag and grease. Bring many Sparra. Fly quiet, grease other little wormdoors. Wait ’til Queen Warbeak come.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques