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red rag

noun as in red flag

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Just now the very mention of the highgrader's name was a red rag to his temper.

Johannesburg was still a red rag to the Government, and I would be sure to meet with a rebuff.

In temperament a fanatic, in impulse a born revolutionist, the word conservatism was to him as a red rag to a bull.

At each charge the matador bounds aside, and the beast worries the red rag.

A strong mind, whether in man or woman, has always been to the clergy as a red rag to a bull.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to red rag, such as: casus belli, delicate subject, red light, and sore point.

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