Usually means: Edit text for clarity, correctness.
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  1. red-pencil: Merriam-Webster
  2. red-pencil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. red-pencil, red-pencil: Collins English Dictionary
  4. red-pencil: Wiktionary
  5. red-pencil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. red-pencil: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. red-pencil: Dictionary.com
  8. red-pencil: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. red-pencil: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (red-pencil)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To correct (written documents).

Similar:
redline, correctify, right, rectify, retouch, redresse, copyedit, emend, retint, corrigate, more...

Opposite:
green-light, approve, accept, endorse

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Similar:
redline, correctify, right, rectify, retouch, redresse, copyedit, emend, retint, corrigate, more...

Opposite:
green-light, approve, accept, endorse



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