"see red" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-see red.ogg [Australia] Forms: sees red [present, singular, third-person], seeing red [participle, present], saw red [past], seen red [participle, past]
Etymology: Possibly from the red flag used in some historic armies to signal the imminence of battle, or from the red cloth used to enrage bulls in Spanish bullfighting, or more generally from the idea of red as a colour of warning and danger. Compare corresponding idioms in several European languages: Danish se rødt, German rotsehen, French voir rouge, etc. Etymology templates: {{cog|da|se rødt}} Danish se rødt, {{cog|de|rotsehen}} German rotsehen, {{cog|fr|voir rouge}} French voir rouge Head templates: {{en-verb|see<,,saw,seen> red}} see red (third-person singular simple present sees red, present participle seeing red, simple past saw red, past participle seen red)
  1. (idiomatic) To become enraged, angry, or irritated. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to become angry): die aapstuipe kry (Afrikaans), изпадам в ярост (izpadam v jarost) (Bulgarian), marus olema (Estonian), nähdä punaista (Finnish), voir rouge (French), rotsehen (German), feldühödik (Hungarian), begorombul (Hungarian), dühbe gurul (Hungarian), haragra lobban (Hungarian), arrabbiarsi (Italian), vedere rosso (Italian), vaie rouoge (Norman), se rødt (Norwegian Bokmål), enfadarse (Spanish), se rött (Swedish), öfkelenmek (Turkish), tepesi atmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-see_red-en-verb-DFGfm0ku Disambiguation of 'to become angry': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic, soccer) To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Anger Translations (to receive a red card): получавам червен картон (polučavam červen karton) (Bulgarian), saada punainen kortti (Finnish), Rot sehen (German), piros lapot kap (Hungarian), kiállítják (Hungarian), leléptetik (Hungarian), figyelmeztetik (Hungarian), figyelmeztetést kap (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-see_red-en-verb-Rq3EbP61 Disambiguation of Anger: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 88 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'to receive a red card': 0 100

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become angry",
      "word": "vedere rosso"
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      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to become angry",
      "word": "vaie rouoge"
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      "sense": "to become angry",
      "word": "se rødt"
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      "sense": "to become angry",
      "word": "enfadarse"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become angry",
      "word": "se rött"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to become angry",
      "word": "öfkelenmek"
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      "sense": "to become angry",
      "word": "tepesi atmak"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "polučavam červen karton",
      "sense": "to receive a red card",
      "word": "получавам червен картон"
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      "sense": "to receive a red card",
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      "sense": "to receive a red card",
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      "word": "piros lapot kap"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to receive a red card",
      "word": "kiállítják"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to receive a red card",
      "word": "leléptetik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to receive a red card",
      "word": "figyelmeztetik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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  "word": "see red"
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