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go_red

go red

See also: gored

English

Verb

go red

  1. (idiomatic) To blush.
    After mentioning her ex boyfriend, she started to go red.
  2. (idiomatic) To become sunburnt.
    Red-haired people go red more easily than dark-haired people.
  3. (idiomatic, US politics) Of states, counties, or Congress seats, to be carried by a Republican candidate in a given U.S. election.
    Tennessee went blue in the 1990s but went red in the 2000s.

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