redlight

See also: red light

English

Alternative forms

• red-light

Etymology

From red light.

Verb

redlight (third-person singular simple present redlights, present participle redlighting, simple past and past participle redlit or redlighted)

1. (transitive) To deny, reject, or disapprove; to prohibit from proceeding.
2. (transitive) To stop or cancel.

Synonyms

• (disapprove): deny, disapprove, forbid, give the red light, prohibit

Antonyms

• greenlight

Translations

idiomatic: to deny

Finnish: näyttää punaista valoa, torpata (fi)

Anagrams

• third leg