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*in the red

Fig. losing money. (*Typically: be ~; go [into] ~; as opposed to in the black.) State government has been operating in the red for five straight years. What with all those car repairs, we're going to be in the red this month.

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Lopo Gomez d'Abreu had made him an offer at Bazaim of fitting out three ships at his own expense, provided a commission could be procured him to cruise in the Red Sea. A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context I noticed that in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean there existed a certain number of fishes of a kind perfectly identical. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context Wherever the hatchet fell on the outside, he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out. The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context More results

? References in classic literature

Lopo Gomez d'Abreu had made him an offer at Bazaim of fitting out three ships at his own expense, provided a commission could be procured him to cruise in the Red Sea.

A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context

I noticed that in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean there existed a certain number of fishes of a kind perfectly identical.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context

Wherever the hatchet fell on the outside, he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.

The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context

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