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in the red
Idioms and Phrases
In debt, as in Joshua can't keep track of funds, so half the time his company is in the red . This expression alludes to the bookkeeping practice of marking debits in red ink and credits in black. It survives even in the age of computerized accounts. So does the antonym, in the black , for being financially solvent or out of debt, as in Bill was happy to say they were in the black . [Early 1900s]Example Sentences
Walter Matthews combines the pass-catching and route-running abilities of a skill player with size and power that make him an asset in the red zone.
In early trading Monday, the major stock indices started in the red, sank lower, then moved into and out of the black twice.
"For more than six months now, my investments have been in the red. This is the worst experience in the last decade that I have been invested in stock market," Mr Kumar says.
Haemoglobin is a protein found in the red bloods cells that carry oxygen around the body.
It’s the sixth consecutive year that UCLA’s athletic department has run in the red, its deficit over that span totaling $219.55 million.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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