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Red Tape In The Loop 600 Unnecessary Paperwork Procedures Complicated Bureaucracy

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Idiom RED TAPE
Definition the unnecessary paperwork and procedures of a complicated bureaucracy
Examples
  1. I try never to ask the government for anything. They are so bogged down in red tape that it takes forever, it just isn’t worth the effort.
  2. When my father was rushed to the hospital, the head nurse cut through all the red tape so that he could get to see a doctor immediately.

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