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ˈred-line, v.
Also redline, red line.
To circle or mark in red ink; freq. fig. (see quots.). Hence ˈred-lining vbl. n.; ˈred-lined ppl. a.
1820Keats Lamia & Other Poems 57 Why were they proud? Because red-lin'd accounts Were richer than the songs of Grecian years? 1942Yank 23 Sept. 14/1 Who is it the yardbird sees when he gets red-lined on the payroll for signing his name wrong? 1945Amer. Speech XX. 261 To redline a soldier is to cross off his name on the payroll for a particular month because of an improper signature or some other irregularity on anyone's part. 1961Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 18 Jan. 4/1 The American Automobile Association may ‘red-line’ Prince George county because of its policy toward traffic violaters. ‘Red-lining’ is a method used by the AAA to warn motorists of possible speed traps. 1966Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 4 Dec. 73/3 [GI Jargon] Red-lined, cancelled or classified unserviceable. 1973Times 7 Feb. 20/4 They found that Laurelton had been ‘red-lined’ by the bank, which meant that it was not possible to get a normal mortgage. 1973Black Panther X. xxviii. 4/4 ‘Red-lining’ is a corrupt scheme whereby real estate developers..arrange unofficial agreements with banks to have them refuse to grant improvement loans for particular buildings. Eventually the homes fall into a state of such disrepair that the owner is willing to sell it. 1976In Common VI. ii. 4/1 Common Cause Governing Board..voted CC support of legislation aimed at discouraging ‘redlining’—the practice by lending institutions of discriminating arbitrarily against certain city neighborhoods in making home mortgage loans. 1977Listener 9 June 763/1 The policy of so-called ‘red-lining’, that is, drawing a line round certain undesirable areas and refusing to lend money on property within the red line. 1979N.Y. Times 24 Jan. b18/1 Redlining has an undeniable racial component whereby redlined neighborhoods often coincide with nonwhite neighborhoods. 1979Verbatim Summer 2/2 To redline an aircraft, thus, is ‘to ground’ it.
Add:b. Aeronaut. and Motoring. trans. and intr. To set the maximum safe speed of (an aircraft, car, motorcycle, etc.); to drive at maximum speed, to push (the speed, etc.) to the limit. colloq. (chiefly U.S.).
1956W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 431/2 Redline,..to set a recommended limit on the airspeed of an airplane. Usually in passive, as in ‘the C–47 is redlined at 150 knots’. 1966Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 8 Redline,..to drive at top rpm, i.e., speed at which tachometer indicator reaches warning mark, usually red. 1980Verbatim Autumn 11/2 Of course, in an emergency there were no rules... ‘I drove the son-of-a-bitch 'til the wings were ready to come off. I red-lined everything—air speed, rpm, manifold pressure.’ 1987Super Bike June 56/2 As stock, it redlines through six gears yet there's a spare 2500 rpm to lure the tuner. |