red light

red light
Synonyms and related words:
Roman candle, aid to navigation, alarm, amber light, balefire, beacon, beacon fire, bell, bell buoy, blinker, blue peter, buoy, caution light, danger sign, early symptom, falling barometer, flare, fog bell, fog signal, fog whistle, foghorn, gathering clouds, glance, go light, gong buoy, green light, heliograph, high sign, international alphabet flag, international numeral pennant, kick, leer, marker beacon, nod, nudge, omen, parachute flare, pilot flag, poke, police whistle, precursor, preliminary sign, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, prodroma, prodrome, quarantine flag, radio beacon, red flag, rocket, sailing aid, semaphore, semaphore flag, semaphore telegraph, sign, signal, signal beacon, signal bell, signal fire, signal flag, signal gong, signal gun, signal lamp, signal light, signal mast, signal post, signal rocket, signal shot, signal siren, signal tower, skull and crossbones, spar buoy, stop light, stop-and-go light, storm petrel, stormy petrel, symptom, the nod, the wink, thundercloud, thunderhead, touch, traffic light, traffic signal, warning sign, warning signal, watch fire, white flag, wigwag, wigwag flag, wink, yellow flag, yellow jack

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • red-light — /red luyt /, v.t., red lighted, red lighting. Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light. [1895 1900] * * * …   Universalium

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  • red-light — /red luyt /, v.t., red lighted, red lighting. Informal. to stop or deter by means of or as if with a red light. [1895 1900] …   Useful english dictionary

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  • red light — n. 1) to go through, run (AE) a red light (she ran a red light and was fined) 2) at a red light (to stop at a red light) * * * [ˌred laɪt] run (AE) a red light (she ran a red light and was fined) to go through at a red light (to stop at a red… …   Combinatory dictionary

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