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red zone

noun

Meaning

  1. The area extending twenty yards from the end zone, where a team in possession of the ball is expected to score.
  2. (California) An area of a street where the curb has been painted red, indicating that stopping, standing or parking is prohibited at that spot (except, in some places, for buses).

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  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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