sex tape Idioma
red tape
government forms and procedures An immigrant faces a lot of red tape - many interviews, forms.
taper off
come to an end little by little, become smaller toward the end The rain began to taper off early in the afternoon.
Tale of the tape
This idiom is used when comparing things, especially in sports; it comes from boxing where the fighters would be measured with a tape measure before a fight.
friction tape|friction|tape
n. Black cloth tape with one sticky side used around electric wires.
The boy fixed his cracked baseball bat with some friction tape.
masking tape|mask|masking|tape
n. A paper tape that is stuck around the edges of a surface being painted to keep the paint off the surface next to it.
The painters put masking tape around the window frames to keep the paint off the glass.
red tape|red|tape
n. phr. Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays.
If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who can cut through all that red tape.
taper down|taper
adj. phr. To decrease; reduce.
He has tapered down his drinking from three martinis to one beer a day.
taper off|taper
v. 1. To come to an end little by little; become smaller toward the end.
The river tapers off here and becomes a brook. 2. To stop a habit gradually; do something less and less often.
Robert gave up smoking all at once instead of tapering off. Antonym: COLD TURKEY.
tape
tape see
red tape.
taper
taper taper off 1) to become smaller gradually toward one end
2) to diminish or stop gradually
sex tape
A video of two or added people, generally celebrities, agreeable in animal acts, recorded abreast and nonprofessionally, generally but not consistently with the ambition that it will alone be apparent by the parties involved. The appellation originated back such videos were recorded and broadcast on videotape. These days, best sex tapes are appear carefully to addition some D-list celebrity's career.Learn more: sex, tape
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