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third-person singular simple present sees red, present participle seeing red, simple past saw red, past participle seen red
(idiomatic) To become enraged, angry, or irritated. quotations examples
"So help me, God," he cried, "when I think it all over I go crazy, I see red."
1901, Frank Norris, chapter 2, in The Octopus
Nothing but his temper, the lack of self-control that made him see red . ., had kept Jerry out of a world championship.
1920, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 22, in The Big-Town Round-Up
"It makes me see red when I remember these folk, Lady This and Countess That, declaring all the comfort they have had, and then leaving those who gave it to die in the gutter or rot in the workhouse."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
(idiomatic, soccer) To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field. quotations examples
Diop, sometimes criticized for passive play, saw red once this season when he lashed out at a foe who kicked away his legs.
2005 January 26, Rob Hughes, “Soccer: Trio from Senegal is having a ball”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 November 2013
Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.
2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC