red rag

NOUN

red flag

Synonyms

WEAK

casus belli delicate subject red light sore point

Example Sentences

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Then he grabs a faded red rag from a cardboard box next to the sink, tips the can, and wets it.

From Literature

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

From BBC

"That was a red rag to a bull" she explains.

From BBC

Barely a week after a 6-0 humbling at Chelsea they were a team transformed, the sight of Liverpool like a red rag to a bull.

From BBC

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

From New York Times