red tape

NOUN

bureaucratic rules

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STRONGEST

bureaucracy

WEAK

authority bureaucratic paperwork city hall government management official forms official procedures officialdom officialism paper shuffling powers that be proper channels regulatory commission the Establishment the system

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Even the redtops had claimed him as Our Boy since he moved to England – "Murray of Surrey" trumpeted the Sun, though it doesn't really work as a chant.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2010

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