cut red tape
To reduce bureaucracy.
This insurance company is an expert at cutting red tape to process your claim faster.
tape
UK /teɪ̯p/ US /teɪ̯p/
noun 5verb 3
Definitions
noun
1
Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
Hand me some tape. I need to fix a tear in this paper.
I sealed up the box with clear shipping tape.
2
Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
We made some decorative flowers out of the tape we bought.
3
Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
4
Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
Did you get that on tape?
So we went around the corner, looked in the garbage, and, boom, there's about 16 of the tapes he didn't like!
5
Any video or audio recording, regardless of the method used to produce it.
“It was one of the most severe beatings they’ve seen on tape,” an FDNY insider said, recalling the reaction by brass who viewed video of the bloody fisticuffs.
verb
1
To bind with adhesive tape.
Be sure to tape your parcel securely before posting it.
The agent had to dead-drop the locker key to the PGU by some simple means, such as by taping it underneath a predesignated park bench, where it could be retrieved unobtrusively, usually by an officer under illegal cover.
2
To record, originally onto magnetic tape.
You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
The warmup guy — as I now know is common for live audiences in taped television performances — kept fluffing the crowd like they were preschoolers. “Now what are you going to do when we introduce the first comedian?” Wild cheers. “C'mon, that's not good enough! Let's try it again! What are you going to do???”
3
To understand, figure out.
I've finally got this thing taped.
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