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disdain
vs
give the red light (to)
disdain
verb
To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
noun
A feeling of contempt or scorn.
give the red light (to)
How often have the words
disdain
and
give the red light (to)
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
Google Ngram Viewer
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