red pencil

collocation in English

meaningsofredandpencil

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red
adjective
uk
/red/us
/red/
of the colour of ...
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pencil
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpen.səl/us
/ˈpen.səl/
a long, thin object, usually made of wood, for writing or drawing, with a sharp black or coloured point at ...
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(Definition ofredandpencilfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofred pencil

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Clearly the editor should have used theirredpencilmore judiciously.
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I have had myredpencilout, underlined, and put my markings on the treaty.
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He takes aredpenciland a green pencil.
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I would very much like to have had a chance to get loose upon them with myredpencil.
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A vast bureaucracy with aredpenciland a blue pencil, giving the answers that the pricing system has failed to give?
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I am sure that he goes over my letters with aredpenciland marks them with ticks and crosses here and there where he agrees or does not agree.
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Voting is done in one of two ways: manually marking a ballot paper with aredpencilor electronically, using a voting machine.
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Various segments in other locations were modernized, but some extremities fell victim to theredpencilbecause of losses and were replaced by motorbus.
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The clothing was often embellished with props to distinguish the role of the performer, a capitalist often being defined by a top hat and a bureaucrat by aredpencil.
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For similar reasons, sometimes red pencils are used since their pigment will not reproduce by xerography.
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