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red ink
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red ink
(noun)
red ink
noun
red ink
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of RED INK
[
noncount
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chiefly US
—
used to describe a situation in which a business, organization, etc., is spending more money than it is earning and has a lot of debt
The company was
drowning/awash in red ink
. [=deeply in debt]
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