red-light
- Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light.
Origin of red-light
red light
- a red lamp, used as a traffic signal to mean “stop.”
- an order or directive to halt an action, project, etc.: There's a red light on all unnecessary expenses.
- a children's running game in which players must stop when “Red light!” is called.
- a signal of danger; warning.
Origin of red light
Examples from the Web for red-light
Contemporary Examples of red-light
Many Joycean academics agree that even after he met Nora and moved to Trieste, the red-light romps continued.
Police now acknowledge that the red-light district has mutated into a global hub for human trafficking and money laundering.
“Scarlet Town,” a dark and hypnotic ballad, depicts a red-light district of the soul, with a hushed and craggy croon.
A red-light camera program in Chicago reportedly brought in $69 million in 2010.
“Red-light and speed-safety cameras only generate revenue when drivers exceed the speed limit or run red lights,” Territo said.
Historical Examples of red-light
It buys no votes and it makes no canvass in the red-light districts.
Labor and FreedomEugene V. Debs
The "stockade" was famous among the red-light institutions of the country.
Abroad at HomeJulian Street
You turn your red-light and hold everything that comes along.
Danger SignalsJohn A. Hill and Jasper Ewing Brady
I would start in at once to elevate, purify, and depopulate the red-light district.
Mark Twain's SpeechesMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Vice required more alluring quarters than these for profitable pursuit of its red-light trade.
The Easiest WayEugene Walter and Arthur Hornblow
red light
- a signal to stop, esp a red traffic signal in a system of traffic lights
- a danger signal
- an instruction to stop or discontinue
- a red lamp in a window of or outside a house indicating that it is a brothel
- (as modifier)a red-light district