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take the red eye

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables
take the red -eye
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To travel on an airplane all night.

American usage; Informal

Etymology

From red-eye (“overnight airplane flight”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

takes the red eye (present, singular) taking the red eye (participle, present) took the red eye (past) taken the red eye (participle, past)

Questions

What does take the red eye mean?
To travel on an airplane all night.
Where does take the red eye come from?
From red-eye (“overnight airplane flight”).

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