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red-pencil

verb
red-pen·​cil | \ ˈred-ˌpen(t)-səl How to pronounce red-pencil (audio) \
red-penciled; red-penciling; red-pencils

Definition of red-pencil

transitive verb

1 : censor
2 : correct, revise

Synonyms for red-pencil

Synonyms

amend, correct, debug, emend, rectify, reform, remedy

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First Known Use of red-pencil

1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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