Red Pencil (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), red-pen·ciled, red-pen·cil·ing or (especially British) red-pen·cilled, red-pen·cil·ling.
  1. to delete, censor, correct, or abridge (written material) with or as if with a pencil having a red lead: His book was heavily red-penciled before it got clearance.
verb -cils, -cilling or -cilled or US -cils, -ciling or -ciled
  1. to revise or correct (a book, manuscript, etc)
Red Pencil (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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